Trepidation

The uncanny is that class of the frightening which leads back

to what is known of old and long familiar.

                                                - Sigmund Freud

Known of old

and long familiar

   I feel

that certain class of fear

of the known

spun

un-

the frequent

that thrills with a shiver,

            a shake,

that takes

without touch

enough            to make

anything more corporeal

down-

right                 uncanny.

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