{"sf1_id":1234503,"sf2_id":"beb3dXEm","title":"The Yellowhead","author":"charles_they","words":231,"posted_at":"2017-09-02T00:01:01.000Z","tags":["Ballad","Clean","Horror","Lovecraftian","Poem","Poetry","eldritch"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1234503-the-yellowhead","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/beb3dXEm","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/da/58/da58b3ed-7067-44fb-a61c-ac94f995fb46","description":"#MakeLovecraftNotWar","content":"### The Yellowhead\n\nAlong a road called 'Yellowhead'\n\n\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; I'd found myself alone—\n\nMy ride had taken me to bed\n\n\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; And, in the morning, flown—\n\nWith paw outstretched and digit out,\n\n\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; I walked the winter way,\n\nYet not a soul came down the route,\n\n\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; And fog eclipsed the day—\n\nThe air was sharp—\n\nMy coat was thin—\n\n\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; The pavement, Hellward bound—\n\nAt last, my sorry paws gave in\n\n\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; And cast me to the ground—\n\nI cursed the Gods, each one I knew,\n\n\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; And then I made my peace—\n\nA Devil's wind came screaming through,\n\n\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; And, in it's wake, a beast—\n\nA snaking thing that seemed to sprawl,\n\n\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; With scores of shining eyes—\n\nAround—\n\nAnd through—\n\nNowhere at all—\n\n\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; And it had heard my cries—\n\nMy conscioussness did throb and ache—\n\n\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; The sight of such a thing!—\n\nYet, in a warmèd bed I woke,\n\n\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; And birds began to sing—\n\nThey'd found me in the square, they said,\n\n\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; When furies felled a post—\n\nAnd good thing too, as I'd be dead\n\n\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; In but a wink, at most—\n\nIt took some time to lick my wounds,\n\n\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; To gather back my strength—\n\nBut now I wait for gibbous moons\n\n\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; And search the Yellow's length.","series":{"name":"Poetry Postings","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1228705-star-eaters.json","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1235614-on-the-farside.json"}}