By distant moon
Date: 2007 Sep 18
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Pat Benatar is Calling

If you're reading this,
focus intently.
The words must grab you
...jugular...

It's instant and mystic and
you don't even hear the footsteps
approaching from behind.
The monstrous being
closing in
for the kill.
Behind you.

You tell yourself
I'm a lover...no fight.
But love is all battle;
and Pat Benatar is calling.

The hairs raise on your neck;
the freak show at your six
is ready to sink its teeth
directly into your...

you turn.
nothing.
silence.

Heart racing still, you return
to the words that speak of love.
And oh, how it snuck behind you,
all to but touch your skin
and you were afraid.

But focus intently again,
relax, and await the kill.