It started out small; just some roses here, hydrangeas there. The flowers peppered the garden like freckles. The freshly packed snow glistened in the sun.

“How are those plants still alive?” My brother asked.

“I have no idea,” I complained. “Those flowers have been there since May. They’re pretty, sure, but they won’t stop growing, no matter how much I prune them,” I lamented.

“I don’t unders...

Crows croaked a cacophony over the crowd,

Casting shadows on the ground.

Empty eyes flooding with tears,

Drowning the priest’s eternal rest prayers,

While lifting the tombstones all around.

Knock, knock,

I look around the crowd,

But no one’s watching.

Bruises from pinched skin,

Proving I’m not a dreamer.

The peaceful, slumbered breaths grew weaker,

Then silently came the grim reaper.

...

Crows croaked a cacophony over the crowd,

Casting creeping shadows, a darkening shroud.

Cruel cries cut crisply, the night they defiled,

Cobwebbed corners where fear's child smiled.

Bats broke the blackness with brittle wing beats,

Bearing burdens of blood from forbidden feasts.

Beneath the bright moonlight,, they blindly ballet,

Binding the breeze with their bleak array.

Serpents slithered sile...

Crows croaked a cacophony over the crowd

Their caws disheartening and loud

We are stuffed and cannot get out

we look to the crows to fly north or south.

To my left the lady falls

To my right a crow caws

above me there’s clouds

I check for the calm, and the crows are still loud.

The crows is moving, yet we’ve hit another wall

the crows are flying another way, we still follow their panicked caw

I...

An Alluring Audience Awaits

Badass Bodacious Babes Bearing Bongs

Crows Croaked a Cacophony over the Crowd

Dagger Devils Dig Demented Daughter’s Deep Dreams...

Crows croaked a cacophony over the crowd as they took their places in the stands.

A man kneels upon the ground and is encouraged to lift his hands.

He shakes his head and begins to beg, but with one quick swoop the axe takes off his head and the crows fall silent in the mournful dread....

Crows croaked a cacophony over the crowd

A lion languidly lurked and laughed out loud

Parrots and pirates placidly paraded the plank

Sand crabs scattered and scurried then sank

Dogs dutifully dug in the dirt and...

Crows croaked a cacophony over the crowd.

It a sickening reminder of city dissonance - cars and people all over the place, not a moment of peace.

Sounds that never bothered us while running down nighttime streets, our heels clacking loudly on the cement, lips letting loose our cries and laughs of pure joy. Sweaty hands clasped together and not minding the grease and funk of that night.

While warms...

Les corbeaux croassent en cacophonie au-dessus du cortège

Pendant que criquets craquent en chœur leurs antennes écorchées

Comment connaissent-ils la crapule qui croupit dans son cercueil

Le croque-mort leur aurait-il confié qu’il coiffait un cruel croulant

Qu’importe l’écriteau accroché au crucifix du caveau

Ce croûton crispé pourra bien s’incruster dans la corniche

Son cadavre, même consacré...

Crows croaked a cacophony over the crowd

Mourners gathered around the casket, eyes wet with tears

I dabbed my own with a handkerchief

Keep up the act, look devastated, is all I can do

Difficult to nod in a heartbroken way when they come to apologize for my loss

The lawyer reads off his will, saving my name for last

If only I could rejoice when the crown is handed to me

If only the knife with my h...