Come here and listen to me There are ugly deep shadows Where things could be leering Snarling and hungry Heavy and threatening ****** in the wriggling damp The age dripping damp Where dead leaves rot and fatten the earth Come close and listen to me
Don't go down there No, don't go down there They're doing strange things in the dark You shouldn't have come to the park On your own Don't go walking alone
This is no place for one so young And soft Delicately tremblingly white And soft Run home with your soul gripped tight Before someone Some muddied gritty someone Touches In the shadows and shrubs And the night