Driving
on a country road
on
all hallows night
the
darkest cloud came overhead
blocking
out the light
the
rain it fell in torrents
with
lightning and thunder roar
up
ahead a welcome sign
above
a hotel door
I
booked into a single room
it
had an eerie smell
it
hadn't been used for many years
as
far as I could tell
but
it was just for one night
what
trouble could there be
unlike
the violence of the city
from
drug crazed humanity
outside
the creatures of the night
gave
out their mournful cry
as
I reached for a bath towel
for
my face and hair to dry
then
all the lights went out
and
darkness did befall
I
pulled back the curtains
to
let the moon light up the wall
in
the eerie moonlight glow
strange
shadows I could see
as
it a flock of evil bats
were
coming after me
a
howling of a large dog
a
horseman galloping by
soft
muffled whispering
laboured
fearful sigh
there
was tapping at my window
a
rattling of the door
ghostly
bat like shadows
fluttering
on the floor
beneath
the wooden entrance door
a
light begun to glow
and
foot steps on the landing stairs
whom
I did not know
then
came the tapping on the door
the
rattling of the key
the
door creaking started to open
slowly
in front of me
the
night porter stood there
an
oil lamp in his hand
he
said there was a power cut
some
lighting would be grand
the
kitchen has an old coal range
and
it has been lit
so
there will be some hot food to have
if
you could wait a bit
I
thanked him most profusely
and
as he closed the door
I
noticed he made no shadow
to
fall upon the floor
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