this home t'was once a jewel
of refined gentility
sipping sherry I slipped
on the polished oak stairs
and foolishly broke my neck
however I carried on
quite well with fond memories
my own company sufficed
with no summons to either
mundane Heaven or lively Hell
a falsely chipper voice exclaims
"a deal for a fixer upper!"
a plebian young couple
invaded my stately space
with loathsome hodgepodge clutter
ugly improvements abounded
closets and conditioned air
hideous nonsense gadgets
ruining graceful ambiance
with a lack of style or flair
my very sanctuary
was invaded by these mongrels
the library remodeled
as a vulgar media room
I vowed they would rue the day
throwing a book across the room
a satisfactory thud
on the back of his stupid head
why should the dead be insipid?
open the window wide instead
the scent of long gone roses
now fills every nook and corner
and imposes a sense of grandeur
instead of the mechanical scent
on which they seem to depend
they close the windows in vain
only to find them agape again
ashtrays afloat, candles self lit
screaming fits she has in nightmares
vivid with unnamed spectres
their plans wrecked, they collect
the odious flotsam and jetsam
of their bereft belongings
leaving me perfectly content
in the glory of neglect
alas, the vehicle will not roll
nor the talking device ring
doors firmly shut while they shout
into a futile eternity
whilst I watch insanity burgeon
Author notes
I hope someday that I might be a poltergheist or a familiar.
A contest entry
- A strange family... by Great Cthulhu.
700 points, ended January 6, 2008, 7 entries
Bronze trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
All Comments & Suggestions Appreciated
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this is beautiful
its haed to keep my attention,
but you this did just that
you truly have a talent for writing
this is amazingly done...♥
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It reminds me of Beetleguise, without the comedy factor. Thank you for entering my contest and good luck!
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Boo!
I love a good ghost story, thank you for sharing yours! You've evoked some powerful feelings with the imagery utilized. This is my favorite line, I really enjoyed the wording: "with loathsome hodgepodge clutter" It very much reminds me of an older school of vocabulary, well done.
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Thank you for the Bronze and the title, proud to become a member of your demented family
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Scared of YOU!! LOL! This was refreshing, gripping, and sweetly strange, so very odd. You've got a good thing going on with your thesaurus, I must say, or are ya just that weird to be in the know of such preternatural vocabulary? I appreciated the details of why you tortured this family, why they deserved it. This was a delightful bit of bad fun!
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Thank you Green! Love to scare people I'm both weird AND know how to use a thesaurus
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