//------------------------------// // Slender Mane // Story: Random Short Poems // by Amiss //------------------------------// You're sprinting across the ground Flashlight clutched in your jaws You know he's right behind you So you dare not pause Suddenly he is before you So you turn away Your vision slightly blurring As your sanity starts to decay You're surprised as you gain distance From he who causes fright You delude yourself to thinking That You'll survive the night You round a tree and are paralyzed As his image drives you insane Now you're just another victim To the one called slender mane...