I think there are giants outside
Trees with frozen fingers drag their unfeeling claws over my roof
Something clatters, rattles bangs.
The freezing rain has brought them.
Weather carries monsters in its wake.
When humans stay fearfully inside their homes,
Creatures of fancy cavort in the open air.
Harpoon it, Ned. Save crazy-ass Nemo.
My favorite part in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is when everyone is stressing out because they are trapped in a tin can while Captain Nemo performs an endless sweaty emo rendition of Toccata and Fugue in D Minor. The true mark of madness is when one installs a pipe organ on a submarine. That’s the kind of decor that says, “If I’m not sane, why should my friends and coworkers have such a luxury?”
Sarah D. Silvey 