The Goblin
Alan McGeever

ONE NIGHT WHEN
BILLY JOE WAS WALKING
DOWN THE ROAD SO SLOW,
HE HEARD A NOISE
THEN A GROAN,
IT'S NOTHING HE SAID
IT WILL PROBABLY GO.

THEN AGAIN HE HEARD
A NOISE,
A SHADOW HE SAW,
THEN HE PAUSED.
A GOBLIN JUMPED OUT,
SMALL AND PLUMP,
WITH A GIGGLE HE LAUGHED
AND THUMPED.

IN AMAZEMENT, LOST
HE GAZED.
TURNED AROUND,
THE GOBLIN
VANISHED WITHOUT A SOUND.

 


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