There’s Always Tomorrow Night

Christopher Hivner

They call it a

popcorn ceiling,

but I see faces

in the rough textures

that stare at me

while I sleep.

The ceiling fan looks like

an octopus,

the blades reaching for me,

and don’t get me started

on the closet door

that won’t close

all the way.

Who knows what crawls

from the crease

during the night?

My bedroom is haunted

and channel 12

is showing a

Christopher Lee marathon.

END

Christopher Hivner calls south central Pennsylvania in the United States home. He writes short stories (mostly horror and humor) and poetry (speculative and non-speculative) His most recent book is Dark Oceans of Divinity (horror/dark fantasy poems) (Cyberwit.net)