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Wall Creeper

January 6, 2020 2 Comments

Wall Creeper

By Tanya Sara Estelle Fillbrook

The walls are breathing again, one corner at a time.

Indented imprints remain as the sweat seeps out.

Within it the figure sidles to and fro.

I hear a jumble of muffled sounds as I stand waiting, in a torpid state.

He is trapped within its crevices where I hope he stays. I loathe the harm he has caused me.

Before I sealed him in, he haunted every living part of me; my senses will never be the same again.

I hope I have banished his soul for good.

He is nothing now, and he will soon be dust. Good riddance!

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  1. Lisa Friedlander says

    January 6, 2020 at 8:11 am

    That’s well done in terms of creating a really creepy feeling.

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  2. Glenn Bowman says

    January 7, 2020 at 7:33 am

    Like a scene taken from Hitchcock, what happens next is the end of this story. Terrific job, Tanya.

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