RAVENS NEVERMORE... SPA's RAVENS & BLACK BIRDS CHALLENGE...

 Once upon a midnight dreary 

While I pondered weak and weary 

Over a poem the world has loved forevermore. 

Suddenly there came a squawking 

A dark and scary flocking 

Of Ravens through my chamber door. 

Only this and nothing more. 

 

It was in a bleak October 

And I swear that I was sober 

While I watched said Ravens dancing 

Dancing about my chamber floor 

Then the birds said “Nevermore.” 

 

All at once my teeth were gnashing 

Glass was breaking, things were crashing 

Crashing on my chamber floor 

 ’Tis the wind and nothing more!” 

 Presently my soul grew stronger 

I couldn’t take this any longer 

I sought the cause of my plight 

And though it took most all the night 

I found the answer I was hope’n 

Lenore had left the windows open. 

 Merely this and nothing more. 

 ~ 

 DSW 21