scritchscratchscritch

 

 

'neath tapered, glowering roofs 

three of four leave Death's warrants unsign'd,

& busily carve impossible flowers

& leap like startled kittens at the doorknob's rattling

the spiders could tell you, 

because they know

snip

snap

snip 

 

 

he laps his tiny claws free of gore,

his Mistress a provider even now,

& That Man's slight touch upon the outer wall

cues up a howl to blister a banshee's reputation

the cat will tell you,

because he knows

meowrrrllll

MEOWRRRLLL

MEOWRRRLLLLLLL

 

 

Erzebet howleth: NOOO!!! I'M TOO BEAUTIFUL TO DIIEE!!!!

into the menace of a narrow gulping blackness

& fingerpaints a tawdry Pollock (sanguinary on brick canvas)

while outside bright maidens sing a Te Deum laudamus

 

the rats can hear her,

so they should know

 

scritch

scratch

scritch

 

 

our Aunties Clo, La-La & Attie

smirked down at us in our cradles because

the scratchy, ill-fitting layettes gifted us

were crafted in porous stitching & labeled 'Made with Time' 

 

the Sisters could tell us,

but we'll never know

 

tick

tock

tick...

 

 DB/9.2022

 

 

HAPPY HELL-O-WEEN!! AAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!! 2022 Mix (Spotify)

 

 

 

1. To Think Of A Story - Patrick Doyle 

2. The Wedding Night -  'Mary Shelley's Frankenstein' (Orig. Motion Picture Soundtrack)

3. I Want Candy - Bow Wow Wow

4. Black Magic Woman - Santana

5. El Amor Brujo: Ritual Fire Dance - Manuel de Falla, Cincinnati Pops Orch., Erich Kunzel

6. Highway to Hell - AC/DC

7. Werewolves of London - Warren Zevon

8. The Addams Family Main Theme (Vocal Version) - Vic Mizzy and His Orchestra and Chorus

9. The Hut On Fowl's Legs (Baba Yaga) (from 'Pictures at an Exhibition') - Modest Mussorgsky, Maris Jansons, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

10. Durant Is Dead - John Barry (from 'The Black Hole' Orig. Motion Picture Soundtrack)

11. She Wolf - Shakira

12. (You're The) Devil in Disguise - Elvis Presley

13.Tip Toe Thru' the Tulips with Me - Tiny Tim

14. Teenage Frankenstein - Alice Cooper

15. Poor Thing (from 'Sweeney Todd' composed by Stephen Sondheim) - Angela Lansbury, Len Cariou

16. Toccata and Fugue in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach, William McVicker

17. The Revelation - Danny Elfman, Pete Anthony

18. Main Titles - 'Red Dragon' (Orig. Motion Picture Soundtrack)

 

19. Theme From the Munsters - TV Theme Song Maniacs

 

20. Halloween - Siouxsie and the Banshees

 

21. Voodoo Child (Slight Return) - Jimi Hendrix

 

22. Marie Laveau - Dr. John (for Kaycie)

23. Freaks Come Out at Night - Whodini

24. Witchy Witchy - Bob's Burgers, John Dylan Keith

25. You Want It Darker - Leonard Cohen

26. Once Upon a Dream (From "Maleficent"/Pop Version) - Lana Del Rey

27. bad guy - Billie Eilish

28. Roar! Cloverfield Overture - Michael Giacchino

29. Bat Out of Hell - Meat Loaf

30. Dracula-The Beginning - Wojciech Kilar ('Bram Stoker's Dracula')

31. Love Song for a Vampire - Annie Lennox (Orig. Motion Picture Soundtrack)

DB/10.2022

Happy Halloween, all!!👻🎃💀

Scorpio Rising: Blog Songs, Vol.1: 2014-2022 (Spotify)

 

 

Sometimes I'm Happy - Vaughn deLeath (from 'To a Giggling Divinity' - 6/10/2014)

Liberty - Steve Vai (from 'Aggie Dovecote and All Her Pals, Pt.1, Ch.5 - 9/13/2014)

Don't Look Back in Anger - Oasis (from 'The Fags Outnumber the Boazers' - 9/18/2014)

Our Frank - Morrissey ('Disappointed' -3/19/2015)

Pictures of Lily - The Who ('Uber Nacht' - 3/27/2015)

Tomorrow Is A Long Time - Bob Dylan

Houses In The Fields  - John Gorka 

(from 'Okies On the Dead Ground: a One-Act Play - 5/30/2015)

Bad Day - R.E.M. (from 'If These 'Dolls' Could Talk (No.1 In A Promising Series') - 4/24/2016)

 

Spanish Bombs - The Clash (from 'Malko': A Haiku - 7/13/2016)

Let Me Call You Sweetheart - Bing Crosby (from 'Aggie Dovecote and All Her Pals: Pt.2, Ch.4 - 7/24/2016)

Home On The Range - Gene Autry (from 'Aggie Dovecote and All Her Pals: Pt.2, Ch.5 ("The Beach Convos" - 11/15/2016))

 

Lo And Behold! - Bob Dylan & The Band (from 'If These Dolls Could Talk, No.2' -  6/29/2017)

Don't Drink The Water - Dave Matthews Band (from 'We Are Not Men' - 1/28/2018)

Rubylove - Yusuf/Cat Stevens (from 'VALENTINOS!!!!!!!!!!! IN HAIKU!!!!!!!!!!' - 2/14/2018)

Ashes To Ashes - The Fifth Dimension (from 'American Ruin Tour: Little Red Schoolhouse - 4/30/2018)

Mambo No.5 (A Little Bit of...) - Lou Bega (from 'Casanova Plays Romper Room (Ish) - 6/14/2018)

The Promise Of A New Day - Paula Abdul (from 'Update' - 5/1/2020)

The End Of The Innocence - Don Henley

Runnin' Down A Dream - Tom Petty 

(from 'Summer/Fall 1989' -  9/13/2020)

Call It Dreaming - Iron & Wine 

Ribbons - Ingrid Michaelson

(from 'M(NJ)M' - 2/14/2022)

 

To Be In Love - Whispering Jack Smith (from 'Whisper To Me' - 6/6/2022)

 

DB/9.2022