{"sf1_id":1183784,"sf2_id":"Rm078pZe","title":"The Giggling Loon","author":"charles_they","words":157,"posted_at":"2017-05-23T01:34:22.000Z","tags":["Avian","Canine","Horror","Poem","Poetry","Supernatural","Suspense","loon","narrative"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1183784-the-giggling-loon","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/Rm078pZe","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/7a/54/7a547bca-1b21-4285-9c4f-90b3ce734fa7","description":"A short horror narrative on a graverobbing loon and dogged tramp.","content":"### The Giggling Loon\n\nA gig'ling loon,\n\nA gibbous moon,\n\nAnd on the wind a crying croon—\n\nA dogged tramp,\n\nA dreary lamp,\n\nAnd cemetery freshly damp—\n\nA prying bar,\n\nA spent cigar,\n\nAnd twitching paws as black as tar—\n\nA blackened spade,\n\nA sound betrayed,\n\nAs loosened earth met shovel's blade—\n\nA scratchy word,\n\nA name unheard,\n\nAs she below was disinterred—\n\nA coffin lid,\n\nAside it slid,\n\nAs eager paws sought what it hid—\n\nA precious stone,\n\nA panther prone,\n\nAnd then the gale began to groan—\n\nAmid the crypt,\n\nA tramp was tripped,\n\nAnd then by claws was firmly gripped—\n\nA loon insane,\n\nA robber's bane,\n\nAnd then came down the heavy rain—\n\nA sudden flood,\n\nA slide of mud,\n\nAnd drowning cry that curdled blood—\n\nA loon in flight,\n\nA lack of fright,\n\nAs he knew well his moonlit rite—\n\nA gig'ling loon,\n\nA gibbous moon,\n\nAnd then a tramp to shepherd soon.","series":{"name":"Poetry Postings","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1182128-mother-bear.json","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1185514-april.json"}}