With credit to Robert Frost for the first three lines, taken from lines 1, 3, and 5 in “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”.<\/p>\n
Whose woods these are I think I know
\nHe will not see me stopping here
\nMy little horse must think it queer,
\nA deafening silence, drawing near<\/p>\n
And though it’s said I’ve much to fear
\nFrom sinister sounds both far and near
\nI thank my stars I do not hear
\nSardonic laughter in my ear<\/p>\n
Whilst silence settles ’round me, clear
\nWere he to see me stopping here
\nWith my horse, thinking it queer
\nWe would vanish, bones and gear<\/p>\n
For though I know he sings a song
\nOnce changed, he’ll amble softly along
\nSilence precedes his gleeful tune
\nUntil he howls, eyes on the moon<\/p>\n
Most grateful am I to know this fact
\nPreparing myself, now, to react
\nThe wind is calm, now dark woods cackle
\nA fire burns and gently crackles<\/p>\n
My breath doth curl and icy air lick
\nSilence dawns, stifles, becomes chthonic
\nQuiet encroaches, settling in
\nWith his approach I give a grin<\/p>\n
No bated breath will you find here
\nFor laughter’s begun in my ear
\nMy breathing slows, and pupils slit
\nClaws extend from fingertips<\/p>\n
Though these woods his may be
\nFrom the moon I am free
\nSubsistence kills are for his sort
\nWhile my kin like to kill for sport<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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