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The Feast Beneath

Where Shadows Feed and Screams Never Fade

By Jason “Jay” BenskinPublished 12 months ago 1 min read
The Feast Beneath
Photo by Ian Smith on Unsplash

Beneath the floor, a whisper calls,

A screech that shakes the crumbling walls.

Claws that scrape, breath so cold,

A hungry thing from realms untold.

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You try to flee, but shadows cling,

The floorboard cracks, the walls sting.

It pulls you down with savage grace,

To join the dead in that cursed place.

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No escape, no one to hear,

The screams below will never clear.

Now you’re part of the endless feast,

Where terror never stops, to say the least.

Pantoum

About the Creator

Jason “Jay” Benskin

Crafting authored passion in fiction, horror fiction, and poems.

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  • Marie381Uk 11 months ago

    Lovely poetry🖊️📕🏆♦️♦️♦️♦️

  • Mark Graham12 months ago

    Frightening to read and that image is freaky in a way. Someone looking for a missing slipper or sock or could it be something else. Good job.

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