Blood will ring the butler's call

Serving up some horror

Blood shall ring the butlers call

By Jack Ivey

 

Step into the parlor

The fires spent, still burn

Painted in the faded tint

Nightmare shades to turn

 

Broken slabs of conscience

Rotted to the core

Splintered in a thousand words

Never heard before

 

Gears abide the grinding

Slapping to the beat

Shards of incandescent lights

Flavoring the meat

 

Slicing as you swallow

Whispering refrains

Caught like someone else's fate

Filtered through the shame

 

Dressed along the hallway

Mirrors shout their fear

There among the carpet stains

Distant as is near

 

Gasp for all you bother

Feast that final breath

Blood will ring the butlers call

Long beyond your death

Author's Note

just a little horror for your reading pleasure

Reviews

[Angi]

I saw a movie once where she put glass in his food. It was horrible when he swallowed. Dramatic music moaned while blood poured from his mouth. This is creepy, creepy Jack. I went for a stroll on your pages and landed here. Perfect for Halloween! Angi~

[Jack...]

You sure did go for a stroll, this is one of my older ones...when I was still putting my name on them. :) Thanks so much Angi, this poem was actually published in one of the Dark Eclipse editions last year sometime.

[Angi]

That is so awesome, Jack. Congrats on that.

[cimmy wuv xxxooo]

i really liked it lol great write rhyming was amazing :) Freaky :P

[Jack...]

Thanks so much.

[cimmy wuv xxxooo]

ur welcome :)

[Lexi I.]

Great rhyming and rhythm! Loved the mystery of the piece!

[Jack...]

Thank you so much. I am happy you enjoyed it.

[Nick.B]

Very dark and raw, love the last stanza...well done, it truly has that horror feeling to it

[Jack...]

Thanks Nick, I appreciate it.

[I, Rene]

yes, wonderfully horrific, ghastly Poe-ish I dare say, lovely.

[Jack...]

Thank you so much for reading and commenting.

[KAOlmsted]

Nothing like a little blood soaked reading on a Monday morning...sets the tone for the whole week ;-) Creepy, this. Enjoyed it quite a lot, because the writing is good. Thanks for sharing this, Jack...

[Jack...]

Thanks, if you see something glistening in your bacon, beware.

[KAOlmsted]

xD My pleasure.

[Carolann Dowsett]

ooooo this is creepy as. A different side to you Jack. Very well written and very menacing.

[Jack...]

Thanks, I do some writing for a horror publication here in the states, but it is truly not my first choice of genres

[Carolann Dowsett]

Well whatever you choose to write you have a natural talent for it.

[Jack...]

Thank you

[Carolann Dowsett]

Welcome :)

[Lily Mae]

I have an acct. here where I write my darker ones.. I love this.. you do wicked good :)

[Jack...]

Thanks so much.

[David Scott]

Usually, I don't like horror. However, this was the horror built in the expansion of thought, not in restriction. Your words did not choke the life out of the write. Instead, you used each line like an incision onto the dark corners where fear hides and let blood wet the imagination as the nightmare folded open.
Well done! I'm impressed Jack.

[Jack...]

Thank you so much. Horror is not my usual genre, but it is fun every now and then.

[Salar Majak]

you make me shiver! it is chilling and i love your works of horror, they're so original! and you put alot of who you are in them, thanks for this.

[Jack...]

Thank you so much