The night was enlivening
Villainous
Fear-inspiring
The scourge
I savored in secret

It teemed with the rotten few
The home of each staggering
Beer -sopping heart

It filled every pore
With thunderous zeal
Enlightening my mind
Every nerve I possess

Amid the alarm
The lurching shadows
The uproar of the mad
I was fed with verse

Tottering full
To my silent
And solemn abode