Churchill, The Black Dog by I.M. NOSFERATU
Winston Churchill called his “dark periods” The Black Dog. This poem is for all those of us who have ever wrestled (or continue to wrestle) with The Black Dog. In this piece, a name is given to the Black Dog. It is a mash-up of Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Winston Churchill quotes.
Churchill, The Black Dog
To be or not to be
Is not the question at hand
Rather the relevant inquiry
Is how to stand toe to paw
With Churchill, the Black Dog,
In a sea of troubles and not
To suffer his slings and arrows
Perchance to dream
What dreams may come
And vanquish him for a time
Only to have him arise again
During our waking hours
Like some demon Phoenix
That taunts and tempts us
To shuffle off this mortal coil
For once and for all
Solitary trees if they grow at all
Grow strong
Never never never give up
by I.M. Nosferatu
I.M. Nosferatu hails from Gehenna (look it up). He has an encyclopedic mind for horror, sci-fi, paranormal, and the occult. He has myriad other hobbies and interests which may not be appropriate to print here (or to divulge at all), but his mission in life (and death) at least for our purposes, is to find good (or as he puts it “sick”), spine-chilling, blood-curdling media in the horror genre and tout it to the world. He is a straight shooter and calls ‘em like he sees ‘em. He will not suffer fools, sycophants, ass-kissers, brown-nosers, and other suck-ups. Pillow Talking is thrilled to have him on board as a guest blogger despite having never met him face-to-face and dealing solely through emails (at odd hours of the night).
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