Eldritch Spirits

I edge away
and he leans closer
Black cavities where
his eyes should be

His breath whispers
past my face
in a breeze of mildew
and ancient whiskey

He's drunk again on his
eldritch spirits
Blaming me again
for what, I never know

With a vicious swipe
I once again stir him to dust
so he can sleep it off
wherever he lays his head

Brian Barnett is the author of the middle grade novellas Graveyard Scavenger Hunt and Chaos at the Carnival. He has over three hundred publishing credits in dozens of magazines and anthologies such as the Lovecraft eZine, Spaceports & Spidersilk, Scifaikuest, and Three Line Poetry.

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