The Hatchet: A Journal of Lizzie Borden & Victorian America

It Dreams

Scary poem by Aurora Lewis.

by Aurora Lewis

First published in November/December, 2008, Volume 5, Issue 4, The Hatchet: Journal of Lizzie Borden Studies.


Born a monster spewed from hell

With horns and a serrated tail

Lusting for a maiden’s virgin blood

It hides beneath the shit and mud

Reaching up to pull her down

Her screaming plea a mournful sound

It looks deep into her eyes

It feels some pity for her cries

If only it could hold her in its arms

Seduce her with a smile that charms

It longs to kiss her, stroke her hair

To cradle her within its lair

Only dreams for such as it

What it is, it can’t forget

A demon knowing nothing of love

That hunts beneath the world above

And when its lust has been fulfilled

It must devour what it has killed

Remorse and pain thy be its name

To slink away in hateful shame

Those eyes that begged for her life

Haunting desires for home and wife     

It licks her blood from savage fangs 

Condemned to live its murderous reign.

Aurora Lewis

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