VILLAINELLE POETRY - What's up under the overpass?

 VILLAINelle

Vil·lain·elle

noun, plural

1. A villanelle style poem of nineteen-line poem with two rhymes throughout, consisting of five tercets and a quatrain, with the first and third lines of the opening tercet recurring alternately at the end of the other tercets and with both repeated at the close of the concluding quatrain.

2. A VILLAIN story in a villanelle poem.

WHAT'S UP UNDER THE OVERPASS?

In shadows lurks a vile centipede,

Gigantic monster of the night,

Beneath the overpass, it'll feed.

On unsuspecting souls, it'll feed,

Their nightmares woven with dread's delight,

In shadows lurks a vile centipede.

Its countless legs, a wicked stampede,

Silent hunter with an endless bite,

Beneath the overpass, it'll feed.

As moonlight casts a haunting stampede,

Fear grips those who cross its domain's height,

In shadows lurks a vile centipede.

The city streets, its dark stampede,

A predator born from primal fright,

Beneath the overpass, it'll feed.

In fear, our hearts race, like a stampede,

A monstrous villain of the night,

In shadows lurks a vile centipede,

Beneath the overpass, it'll feed.