COBWEBBED CHANDALIERS SPANGLING IN DISGRACE,
SPECTRAL TENANTS RENTING THE PLACE.
REFLECTED IMAGES IN WINDOWLESS FRAMES,
CRANNIE FINGERS IMPLODING STAINS.
SUNLIGHT REACHING INTO NOOKS AND NICHES,
LIKE DEBT COLLECTORS HOUNDING CREATURES.
STRINGLESS PUPPETS HOODED GHOULS,
PEEPER THAT SLINKY IN ENDLESS POOLS.
DARE WHO TO ENTER HERE WITHIN,
FORBIDDING, CORRODING, GHOST-HUNTERS BEGIN.
ARMED WITH FAITH AND A WILL TO LIVE,
ADRENALIZED I STAND READY TO GIVE.
REPUTATION PRECEEDS SINCE FIRST RUMOURS ABOUND,
ALL BECAUSE OF A CHANCE-HEARD SOUND.
CREAKING WOOD I ENTER THE WOUNDED TARE,
OSCILATING RIPPLES IN THE BANISTERLESS STAIR.
TREMBLING FUTTERS BENEATH MY HEAVING SHIRT,
HENKY SPIRITS PEER THROUGH DISOWNED DIRT.
FEET THAT HAVE A MIND OF THEIR OWN,
BLOODLESS ARTERIES FEELING OF STONE.
FRIGHTENED BEYOND BELIEF- COLONIC QUAKE,
TEMPERED RELEASE, A LIQUID MISTAKE.
TEMPTRESS OPENS HER ARMS IN EMBRACE,
ENTWINES OF PASSION A CELLULAR FACE.
THROBBING PARASITIC LEECH-LIKE BITES,
THE BEGINNING OF CATATONIC RITES.
EYES NOW JOINED IN OSCILATING RIPPLES,
NO ESCAPE FROM DEATHS FOG OF STIPPLES.