Brushed
Those fine hairs
Low on the nape of your neck,
Stiff standing
And demanding,
You rub them to lay back down,
Perchancing
A glancing,
What is there that you suspect?
Was it there,
Any where,
Or was it just a strange sound,
A brief scare
Of death come passing around..

Gloom
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