Thursday, October 2, 2025

Down by the Shed (Where all the Demons Head)

 I want to

Greet you and meet you

Sweep you away

Take you down to the shed

Down to the old shed

Where all the demons head

Where they dance and plead victim

Where they drink and seek wisdom

And none know what's in store

Chastisement parked abandoned

Outside the door

Come here sweet mystery

And climb into my head

Let me take your arm

Down to that old shed

Where the merry are led

Where the demons head

To drink away their pain

And seldom do abstain

Down back near the old creek

Where it's dark and warm

Where all are safe from harm

I need to see you

By bonfire light

Sweep you away into the night

Take you down

Down to the old shed

Where all the demons head

And no one speaks of the dead

But of life, and where Bacchus rules

The dance is free of Christian loathing

Dancers soon bereft of clothing

Sweating and gyrating to the horns of Pan

Baby I need to

See you and press against you

Take you down the secret ways

Down to the shed

Where all the demons head

Libations for the duration

Leave your troubles at the door

Pound some drinks and hit the floor

Back down to the shed

Where the guilty have all fled

And innocence is all but dead

By Daniel Smallegange, copyright 2015, all rights reserved.


Cat, drawn by Daniel Smallegange, copyright 2010, all rights reserved.

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