A sinister sonnet…not my usual genre but we all have a dark side.
last night i lay upon inn’s guest room bed
where host’s mute daughter slept long years ago
alas, young girl was found mysteriously dead
in bloodied sheets which stains too well i’d know
her childhood room preserved in musty pink
suspicious dolls stare down from shelf by crib
false alibis reveal dark murderous link
they point toy dagger tip against my rib
“what evil lurks?” i scream in pulsing fear
but mannequins no mercy feel for flesh
not even ragged ann would shed a tear
berserk and vicious furies of knife flash
in morning, landlord spies fresh doll on shelf
that plastic face, i’d recognize… myself!
a poem in my pocket 
Oct 06, 2018 @ 09:57:10
Oh…yes dolls can be so frightening, and here I see a doll collector version of Psycho almost.
Oct 06, 2018 @ 09:15:00
brilliant ending! totally unexpected twist
Oct 06, 2018 @ 08:19:02
Ooh, that is quite spooky. I really enjoyed the tone of this verse.
Oct 06, 2018 @ 05:23:45
Deliciously dark and enticing ❤
Oct 06, 2018 @ 04:12:29
kaykuala
in morning, landlord spies fresh doll on shelf
that plastic face, i’d recognize… myself!
It gives an eerie feeling – the uncanny resemblance has a sinister but unexplained connection. It adds to the mysterious past. Great creation lynn!
Hank
Oct 06, 2018 @ 07:39:55
Thanks, Hank!
Oct 06, 2018 @ 01:40:26
Nice sound and ending with the new doll on the shelf.
Oct 06, 2018 @ 07:40:21
I re-worked ending…glad you like it.
Oct 05, 2018 @ 16:02:00
Very macabre…and delightful!
Oct 05, 2018 @ 05:00:43
dark and just brilliantly engrossing.
Peace ✌
Oct 05, 2018 @ 06:45:19
Peace to you.
Oct 05, 2018 @ 02:12:09
Mysterious, dark, sinister – it had it all.
Oct 05, 2018 @ 01:19:59
Lynn, you’ve given me what my grandfather called ‘the screaming abdabs’ – I am terrified of dolls!
Oct 05, 2018 @ 06:42:29
For some it’s clowns, for others it’s dolls 😉
Oct 05, 2018 @ 09:59:07
For me it’s both!
Oct 04, 2018 @ 21:50:13
My My… Sounds very sinister to me. Especially the new doll on the shelf. A good one for Halloween!!
Oct 04, 2018 @ 21:17:16
good poem as we are nearing halloween…I felt like I was watching a horror movie as I was reading…chilling, nice imagery
Oct 04, 2018 @ 21:19:39
That was the effect I wanted…thanks, Dorianna.