Little Danny sees<\/p>\n
a hotel and trees<\/p>\n
his father, not nice<\/p>\n
the typewriter like ice<\/p>\n
to the touch.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Twins lure him to play<\/p>\n
in a bloodied hallway<\/p>\n
where they want him to stay<\/p>\n
forever.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
A pus-bloated woman<\/p>\n
beckons, an omen<\/p>\n
of the wringing to come<\/p>\n
his neck turning plum<\/p>\n
and yellow-ochre.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Tony, his friend<\/p>\n
foresees the bitter end<\/p>\n
now the boy can defend<\/p>\n
against mom\u2019s murder.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
But there is a man<\/p>\n
who sees spirits like Dan<\/p>\n
and helps through like-vision<\/p>\n
to escape the prison<\/p>\n
of skeletal demons and sin.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\u201cHere\u2019s Johnny,\u201d Jack said<\/p>\n
his eyes bloodshot red<\/p>\n
door splintered revealing<\/p>\n
Mom\u2019s terrified visage.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The spirits haunt Jack<\/p>\n
son wanders, backtracks<\/p>\n
in the maze, no way back<\/p>\n
the beast is frozen.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
– Sandra Johnson, 6\/26\/2021<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
(Credit: \u201cHere\u2019s Johnny\u201d and characters from Stephen King\u2019s The Shining)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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