Here is the monstrous myth

Here is the monstrous myth. This is the Buckley Family.
The offspring: Susan & John. A Hallow's Eve joke plan:
neighborhood children to chop a dummy's head off.

The Buckley children thought it would be hilarious to
actually  kill. Maybe they did, and maybe they didn't.
Either way somebody's been tricked. Here is the

monster: here is the myth. There is the shadow
of cold in your memory
of the real cold in your teeth. Clinching it like

a pen ready to write with. Ink, solid
soldered parts of your already-bought-car.
Night's out at the lake with her dervish

delivered as handy. Cool, cool, clear
water. She gave you what she wanted;
She gave you her hand. You shivered.