Crazed and Hooded Creatures

It's almost Halloween, so here's another spooky one.

The Heart

Harvey Shapiro

In the midst of words your wordless image
Marches through the precincts of my night
And all the structures of my language lie undone:
The bright cathedrals clatter, and the moon-
Topped spires break their stalks.
Sprawled before that raid, I watch the towns
Go under. And in the waiting dark, I loose
Like marbles spinning from a child
The crazed and hooded creatures of the heart.




For some reason it's bringing to mind part of Disney's "Fantasia" that was on a Halloween TV special when I was a kid. Feel free to freak.





(Feel free to skip the yakkety-yak at the beginning, the good stuff starts at about 2:00.)