Enthralled, I wove among the repulsive dancers.
Erratic movements and leering skulls enticed me.
The haunting music swelled, swept me into the grotesque dance.
Had I strayed too far, seduced by macabre delights?
The dancer’s terrified me,
Yet, some dark part of my spirit embraced them.
Their claw-like grasping hands initiated me into the grim ritual.
My panicked cries became manic cackles of glee.
The blur of porcelain faces whirled around my gleeful countenance.
At last, I belonged to the restless legions in this otherworldly carnival.
My face and my soul was at one with them.
…it felt like home.
