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Subject: Re: PPB: Demons / George J. Dance
Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2025 11:59:09 +0000
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Zod wrote:

> George J. Dance wrote:
>> Zod-The...@none.i2p wrote:
>>> George J. Dance wrote:
>
>>> > Demons
>>> >
>>> > We'd dress as ghosts or devils once a year
>>> > to run and yell like vandals home-to-home,
>>> > high on the sugar we'd take by threats of harm
>>> > we'd chant at every door but there was no fear,
>>> > for we played outt roles from long-forgotten darks
>>> > when noxious, flesh-bound demons stalked, who'd kill
>>> > or maim at whim those who'd evade their rule
>>> > confined like sheep, asleep behind bars and locks.
>>> >
>>> > My children's children dress and do the like,
>>> > but chaperoned (kids don't go out alone)
>>> > and only in the twilight; when it's night,
>>> > parent and child are locked within the home
>>> > because "It's just not safe these days" a fact
>>> > so calmly noted: Demon-time is back.
>>> >
>>> > ~~
>>> > George J. Dance, 2009
>>> >
>>> > [All rights reserved - used with permission]
>>> >
>>> > https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2019/10/demons-george-j-dance.html
>>>
>>> Excellent poetry.....
>
>> Thanks for keeping this poem afloat here, Zod. It did get a bit
>> overlooked, and not just here. It got little attention on f/b and
>> twitter, either, and almost ended the month with just 30 reads.
>> Fortunately I got the idea of reposting it on twitter on Halloween night
>> under the trending hashtag
>> #halloween2019, which picked up another 16 reads and let the poem hit #1
>> for the month.
>
> The time is right for a revisit... thanks to Nancy G....!
>
> Ha ha.

I know, right?

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