In fair facade he hearkens to the shallowness of men.
Quaint his dance, his earthly prance, 'Should others envy him? '
While reveling in this glorious state, he hears a distant sound,
hollow and elusive steps appear upon the ground.
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I liked this one very much. Fear the Grim Reaper! Yep! Interesting!
I remembered solitary reaper, any way this is a good poem, go on. I invite you to read my poems and comment.
i guess i'm a little slow. at first i thought the one with fair facade was the grim reaper. nahhhhhhhhh! so i really like this.....just creepy enough. the only objection is that the poet made an error i too have made. in the line: A distant grave was calling for the claiming of it's own. ....don't use it's. it ain't proper. i know for sure because i just checked it online again the other day to be sure when another poet made the same mistake. i'll send this to my poemlist. thanks for sharing. gotta go now.