Tonight's Poet Corner: Sonnet Solstice #239
I Trembled
by Belinda Roddie
I trembled once I reached the podium,
and I opened my mouth, but I could not
get a word out. Suddenly, a black storm
of spiders erupted right at the spot
where my tongue met my teeth. The audience
was on their feet and screaming. One poor girl
fainted. The noise was so loud and intense
that suddenly, my ears fell off. The world
was disintegrating before my eyes.
"This has to be a dream," I thought, "or else
I've gone completely mad." Amid the cries
of panic, the spiders began to melt
into ink on my fingers. I awoke
with a harshness in my lungs like sharp smoke.
by Belinda Roddie
I trembled once I reached the podium,
and I opened my mouth, but I could not
get a word out. Suddenly, a black storm
of spiders erupted right at the spot
where my tongue met my teeth. The audience
was on their feet and screaming. One poor girl
fainted. The noise was so loud and intense
that suddenly, my ears fell off. The world
was disintegrating before my eyes.
"This has to be a dream," I thought, "or else
I've gone completely mad." Amid the cries
of panic, the spiders began to melt
into ink on my fingers. I awoke
with a harshness in my lungs like sharp smoke.
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