The Blackberry Switch

Night sleeps,
but it never forgets.
The blackberry switch
will bruise dreams
until morning finds
wicked tied in bed sheets.

Beware if evil stains your palms.
It will be the blood map guiding
judgment to your doorstep.


©Susie Clevenger 2014

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Comments

Vandana Sharma said…
Hmmm very dark poem and the effect is marvelous, felt the shivers while reading it!!
May 29, 2014 at 11:05 PM
Isadora Gruye said…
Hiya susie...this piece is refined to the point of intrigue. I could meander among any lines and debate the significance...well done and viva la
May 30, 2014 at 1:11 AM
Jim said…
Oh the wickedness of our electronic servants and toys !!!
I love this one. A secret, I go to sleep each night reading a Kindle Book from iPad instead of sleep timing the TV. (Be sure to lock the page in the 'upright' position or it will curse you the whole time.)
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May 30, 2014 at 2:21 AM
Anonymous said…
Yikes. This is actually quite terrifying. Well done. k.
May 30, 2014 at 11:37 AM
hedgewitch said…
'Night sleeps but never forgets" is a killer line, Susie. The whole poem does a great deal with very few words, and leaves the taste of old sins, old suffering, and old curses behind it. Great take on the challenge.
May 30, 2014 at 12:04 PM
Sherry Blue Sky said…
This is why I sleep with a duvet, no top sheet, and a fitted bottom sheet. Cackle.
May 30, 2014 at 12:25 PM
Helen said…
Oooooh, glad I returned for another look, would NOT have wanted to miss this!
May 30, 2014 at 12:38 PM
Hannah said…
Dark...love that "blood map," detail!
May 30, 2014 at 6:46 PM
Kathryn Dyche said…
Dark and delicious . . . love this.
May 30, 2014 at 7:29 PM
C.C. said…
There is such a sense of foreboding, particularly in the warning of the blood map!
May 30, 2014 at 7:56 PM
Kerry O'Connor said…
Oooh this one stings, Suzie. Excellent in its emotive weight and nuanced meaning.
May 31, 2014 at 11:18 AM
Scarlet said…
I like that blood map guiding judgement to your doorstep ~ Really well done Susie ~
May 31, 2014 at 12:20 PM
Anonymous said…
excellent ~
May 31, 2014 at 3:28 PM
Suzy said…
This poem gave me the shivers. Night sleeps but never forgets - will have to sleep with the night light on tonight!
June 2, 2014 at 1:58 AM
Wordifull Melanie said…
Suzie, this really speaks to me. I know readers bring their own stuff to a reading but this was very evocative for me. Dark and haunting.
June 4, 2014 at 7:46 AM
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