What is that terrible noise,
filling up the night air all around?
It sounds like a beast
getting down to its feast
with a sickening, lip-smacking sound.
What’s that unbearable noise?
It sounds like the grinding of bones!
Like the gnashing of jaws
and the tearing of claws
and the dashing of skulls onto stones.
What is that horrible noise?
There’s a whole nother part to it now!
It started with BANG
and ended with CLANG!
In the middle was something like ow.
That god-awful noise!
Like the splash of young boys
being tossed in a pot to make stew!
A horrible yelp, voices calling for help—
getting closer and closer and . . . hey.
Just a second, I think that it . . . say.
Am I . . . whoa.
Is it . . . oh.
That noise, I think, has now faded.
We’re in luck; something made it disperse.
Listen—try it—
it’s suddenly quiet,
and the quiet . . .
the quiet . . .
is worse.