Words of the month: Skull, Ghost, Twitch

The Veil Blinks by SM Jenkin

Photo:Pixabay (creative commons)

The veil blinks,

is noticed to twitch, 

once, from the other side

as children dance from

door to door,

cheap plastic caressing

their faces; 

skulls, green drowned

faces melting into innocent

necks. Tonight, it’s 

dad’s turn

and he is glad there have been

no sexy vampires, yet.

It was their game, 

once.

And he watches from the gate,

as some other man’s child wobbles 

past in a dirty white duvet,

scissored holes for eyes.

And he chances a brief look

at his watch, feeling the 

hour hand spinning 

like a helicopter,

lifting his hand.

Until the veil twitches

shut again, for another year.

And he didn’t think of her

once.

Inspired by Lisa Vigor’s Inspirational words of the month, Oct 2017  #Ghost #Twitch #Skull as posted by Lisa on youtube here