sounds in the night

there! it goes bump in the dark night
cloudy shadows that cause my fright
light bulbs burned out, again! a thump
in the dark night, there! it goes bump

wild wind howling, twigs break on bricks
in my troubled mind, pencils click
wailing evil rhymes, now drumming
twigs break on bricks, wild wind howling

rain pings too hard, cracking the panes
windows break open, dread remains
in darkness, how to avoid shards?
cracking the panes, rain pings too hard

booming thunder, electric sky
nightmarish storm sounds, lost, I cry
frightened, aghast, it’s no wonder
electric sky, booming thunder


sounds in the night
[2007.24.8…a]
Written in the Swap Quatrain Form