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Necrophagous Night Terror

A poem about night terrors of insects, acrostic with both the lines and individual words

By M. EdwardsPublished 3 years ago Updated 3 years ago 1 min read
Necrophagous Night Terror
Photo by Greg Rosenke on Unsplash

Doesn’t it sting? These ruthless archaeognathas crawling through incessantly obstructing nightmares.

I swear the raucousness accumulates, creeping tirelessly into our nights.

Suspended thoughts, restricted airways, creatures trickling in our neuropathy.

These relentless abstractions crawl treacherously, invading our night-times.

Ruthless, antennae crimson, tainting internally our neurons.

Awake, catatonic; the insects order necrophagy.

Choose this insomnia over normality.

The insanity of nothingness.

Imagination opening netherworlds.

Outrun nature.

Nightmare.

surreal poetry

About the Creator

M. Edwards

Writing for the sake of writing. I love bizarrely niche essays, fiction and recently, poetry. Not a professional - yet.

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