excerpt of a ruined childhood memory (20160812)

there must have been some magic
in that old silk hat they found
a thousand dark-eyed sins burst out
and began to plague the town

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Dead Donovan August 13, 201612:51 am

You turned “Frosty da Snowman” into a classy and sinister song which I’d now sing; if I only had a tongue.
~PR
1. Crow August 13, 20165:53 am
  
  You can rattle along.
memadtwo August 13, 20163:06 am

This could be a new form…(K)
1. Crow August 13, 20165:53 am
  
  Ha! We can call it the mangle.
  1. memadtwo August 13, 20169:58 am
    
    Perfect!
oglach August 13, 20163:47 am

Good one.
1. Crow August 13, 20165:53 am
  
  Thanks!
Katie's Time Travelling Kitchen August 13, 20165:15 am

Is the first bit a line from Frosty the Snowman? 😛
1. Crow August 13, 20165:54 am
  
  It is indeed. ☃
  1. Katie's Time Travelling Kitchen August 13, 20165:58 am
    
    Haha cool! 🙂
merrildsmith August 13, 201610:23 am

Frosty’s alter ego? 🙂
This makes me think of Ray Bradbury–Something Wicked This Way Comes, perhaps?
1. Crow August 13, 201611:13 am
  
  Definitely something dark.
  
  I really have to check out that book again
  1. merrildsmith August 13, 201612:50 pm
    
    I haven’t read it in a long time either, but that’s what popped into my head.