the owl

The Owl
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(tribute to poe)
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There was
an
Owl sitting
outside
My window..
who
looked at me as
If to say:

"I am
watching
everywhere you
Go!"

(And you cannot
Escape.)
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I tried my
hardest
Not to shudder,
But all
attempts
were thus in vain..
For I jumped the
moment that it
fluttered !

(Into the dirty
panes.)
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Thus to my room
I quickly fled,

(chancing not a
second look)

but The Owl was
sitting on my bed!

(and perched upon my
Favorite Book.)
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"Be gone thou
wicked Spawn !" 
I screamed,

(As mounting terror
filled my head)

hoping this was but
A Dream.
(Yet knowing I was
Likely Dead.)
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The owl just
Stood there oddly
staring,
(Hateful eyes of
Hell unblinking.)
Till soon I found
Myself not Caring.
(Into what pit my
Soul was sinking.)
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Take me then,
You feathered fiend!
(I yelled with reckless
Hearts abandon.)
For Life is but a step
Between, the hardest
Rock and softest
Phantom!
A void of Endless
Suffering!!!
(Where all Men Sing
The Devils Anthem.)
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soon
After this my soul
grew weak,
And so i sat down
On the bed,
wondering if the
Owl would speak,..
But a smile crossed
its beak instead!
Causing me to shriek!!

Oh..surely. .
Surely! !

(I Am DeAd.)

1. J.Stephen.H.