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Shattering sleep

With deranged convulsions

Manic bloodlust

With the stench of death

Crashing to the floor

In a blur of thrashing limbs

Grasping for the broken lamp

Stabbing putrid rotting flesh

Frantic crawling towards the door

She snarls through mangled lips

I slam the door shut

Dead silence

Broken by the sickening scrape of nails

Digging thin trenches

Scarring the surface

Marking her prey

The wood splinters

Her chipped and bloodied teeth

Ripping and tearing, gnashing and grinding

Nowhere to run

Nowhere to hide

Paralyzed by fear

I stare into her lifeless eyes