the tick
tick
clicking
creaking
on the stairs
...
three incessant brides
seductive
and cold
count steps
into a darkened cellar
strewn with time's dead flowers
and déjà vu
...
tick
tick
click
Shared with dVerse Poetics, taking Bauhaus’ Bela Lugosi’s Dead as inspiration and borrowing the line ‘strewn with time’s dead flowers’. Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó was Bela Lugosi’s full name.
Prompt: Write from inside an abandoned mansion after midnight. There is no obvious ghost—yet every room suggests someone has only just left.
Today’s Daily Stoic poem:

Nice twist on the Bluebeard story, Shaun.
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Interesting! I didn’t know that story before but I see the connection 👍 Thanks Lisa 🙏
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Ooh, all those sounds haunting your lines – Superb! Jae
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Thanks Jae 🙏 I wanted to capture the music too – it’s very evocative.
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👏👏👏👏
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Thanks Jay 🙏
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Haunting, Bravo
Much love
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