It was raining sideways
The night I died
I remember
The basement
Built above ground
The concrete floors
The open walls
The cold
The 45 acres of woods
Black bears
And deer
Eating
The curly horned monster
Wandered the woods
Only when the fog came out
They said he gathered up children
And brought them back to his house in the woods …
His raven flew ahead and spotted his catch …
The night I died
The waters rose in the creek
A tornado climbed the mountain
The curly horned monster
Stood in the pasture
A wide eyed owl
Sat outside my window
All night
Staring at me
Beside the yellow room…
I heard the witch
Walking in the hall
Her laughter
As she smiled
In the corner of the room…
Regarding Samuel 