A poem by Shane Johnstone
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Shadow slapped thi curtain lace
Formless tremblin bulk film
Rage dods spattert slabs
Bloodless knuckles drum pane
Rat..tat…Rat…Splat!
A blawn walk tae meet it close
Yir furrowt brow an hingin mooth
Thi partin door tae churnin air
It rattles static stomach muse
A dismal jelly puggy threat
Its dread rubber jab haun
Bleak feelers, chest bound
Yir wean liftin erm raise
Dense buggy strang bone
Gape mooth, sonic screams
Glasgow ink, concentrate
Chest crevice rockit shell
Sticks haun’s hairy side
Tinkly wean laughs ahint
Pulsin purple face juts
Rot fills thi Colgate void
Absurd black eyes expand
Its sonic blasts
Ur yir inkaleidoscopic fear
But thi wean strang elba
Forces it back
Bar’s thi door
When Thi Squid is gone
Gairden quiet
Guts roar
It taks blawn weeks
An hunners a Daz
Tae gouge thi ink
Oot worn claithes
An jaggy hair
While thi dread Squid
Oscillates
In solo lair.
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