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Subject: Re: Late Night Visitors --It's close enough to Halloween :)

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Date Posted: 13:21:04 09/27/01 Thu
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In reply to: Lori S. Maynard 's message, "Late Night Visitors --It's close enough to Halloween :)" on 07:28:49 09/26/01 Wed

Great Halloween poem! Eerie and I liked the end! Well done!

>
>LATE NIGHT VISITORS
>
>Late one day and early one night,
>I awoke to find a frightening sight.
>In the darkness, near the foot of my bed--
>By the window, there danced the dead!
>Flames were licking at teh frightened ground-
>After this was witnessed, it left without sound.
>
>When I tried to cowardly hide,
>I met face-to-face with my demonic guide.
>He reached for my hand with a touch that was fire
>and confessed to me I had lived life in desire.
>"Come with me..." he laughed and said,
>"You are expected in the Land of the Dead!"
>
>When I arrived, I could smell the sweat
>of a million souls bound in regret.
>I felt the fear and fire of the Devil's hands
>and watched as his slaves
>fulfilled an eternity of endless commands.
>
>Said I, "What ust I do to deny this fate;
>never to go beyond Hell's fiery gate?"
>Said the Devil, "Just wait, only grand time will tell
>if you will live forever... or die in my Hell.
>This is my land; my home, just wait and see,
>you may live in peace, or live my Eternity."
>
>The Devil laughed in a billowing roar
>and I felt fear like never before.
>His soulless slaves ran to my feet-
>dropped, and told me to retreat.
>
>"This is all just a dream!" I said,
>"You are not real and I am not dead."
>With that, the prison grew hotter and hotter
>and the slaves tossed me into the fiery water.
>
>When I awoke on a whole, new day,
>this terrible vision hadn't gone away.
>Challenging the truth of Eternity
>and daring my foolish memory,
>I grabbed the covers and as they overturned...
>Upon my legs were terrible burns!
>And upon my arm written by bloody pen
>was a simple message... "I see you again..."
>
>�1994 Lori S. Maynard
>
>This was written when I was in high school. We were
>assigned to write what we thought Hell was.

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