Friend

Caterwauling, puking, stalking,

It climbs upon the garden wall,

Howling, baying, peeing, shaking,

Making the night so very long,

 

Making the day so far way, you wonder if it

Will ever come. Beast is out there,

Scaly, furry, eyes a-flashing in thin

Crescent light of moon.

 

God, you wonder, what did I do

To deserve this loathsome cartoon with

Voice and song all so wrong like the

Devil is serenading you with

 

Tortured songs like sounds of

Shearing gears or metal that is

Convoluting, bending, breaking, a full

Assault on the ears and still the

 

Creature sits there howling, howling,

Retching, screaming, with energy and

Morbid delight, and hearing it you know,

It’s gonna be a long, long night.