The Hooded Figure

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Danger glides in the

Light

'Twixt dark and light

And lurks in the

Dark

'Twixt light and dark.

And the cloak of

Danger

Is colorless and ragged.

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And the face of

Danger

Is deceptively sweet

And caring.

And slyly,

It is a good face.

***

Danger has long hair.

But is it a woman?

Or is it a man?

Danger has strong hands

And slender,

Grasping

Fingers.

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Danger hovers above

The tattered black clouds

And falls

Like a falcon,

Wings furled

Taut and curved,

And snaps them out and drops and snatches with

Talons

And comes like a

Lightning bolt

Made of darkness

Instead of light

And cold, cold

Terror

Instead of electric heat.