Yellow Mama E zine

THE NIGHTMARE MAN

 

by John Grey

 

As I slip deep into my shadow,

most life beds down with me,

but some things stir.

 

Like dreams,

where corpses rise from

my memory’s grave,

and the wolves of the id

howl hell’s chorus.

 

With my senses abandoned,

other faculties take over,

drawn to the rotting faces

of old enemies,

attuned to the harrowing cry

of the beasts’ insatiable hunger.

 

All at once,

I tremble before the appetite

of ghouls gone by,

quake at the cry

of a pack drawing nearer.

 

Meanwhile, my lover

sleeps serenely beside me.

If minds could meld,

I’d offer her as sacrifice.

 

 

       John Grey is an Australian poet, U.S. resident, recently published in Midnight Mind, Willow Review, and the Pennsylvania Literary Journal. Latest books, Bittersweet, Subject Matters, and Between Two Fires, are available through Amazon. Work upcoming in the MacGuffin, Touchstone, and Willow Review.

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      Bernice Holtzman’s paintings and collages have appeared in shows at various venues in Manhattan, including the Back Fence in Greenwich Village, the Producer’s Club, the Black Door Gallery on W. 26th St., and one other place she can’t remember, but it was in a basement, and she was well received. She is the Assistant Art Director for Yellow Mama.