Footsteps echo down a narrow alley,
black cat on watch, stretches, expanding his claws.
Far away an owl hoots out a warning,
then silence returns, no banging of doors.
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With All Hallow's Eve approaching, and hearing 'things that go 'bump' in the night', the witching hour approaches...WELL done!
dear ernestine, i really love these lines. These are the hours for all things nocturnal, bats fly, rats scuttle, for their day’s begun keep the great working going.