Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE DEVIL IN THE NIGHT, by PAUL FORT



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THE DEVIL IN THE NIGHT, by                    
First Line: With ruby eyes a-peer the devil, all night long, stalks squeaking mice
Last Line: All night long in the gale.
Subject(s): Devil; Love; Night; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub; Bedtime


With ruby eyes a-peer the devil, all night long, stalks squeaking mice to spear
upon his little prong.

A million mice so fat he bags ere dawn is pale. They sizzle in a vat, stirred by
his red-hot tail.

He gives the broth thereof to lovers impolite, who, fondling day and night,
publish abroad their love.

When they their hearts disgorge into the vat, until it's o'er-brimming, in his
forge he shapes them into skillets.

Skillets that he employs, tied to his greenish tail, to make a noise, a noise,
all night long in the gale.





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