Challenge
Prose Challenge of the Week #18: Write about murder. The winner will be chosen based on a number of criteria, this includes: fire, form, and creative edge. Number of reads, bookmarks, and shares will also be taken into consideration. The winner will receive $100. When sharing to Twitter, please use the hashtag #ProseChallenge
Murder By Proxy
Crimson my hands
As I cradle the head
Of my best lieutenant
Dead
All it took
Was a little Cush
And a gentle push
To goad him,
Charge the killing ground
Where he crumpled
Lifeless
With n'er a sound
My anguish feigned
I'm such a liar
My boy shot dead
By "friendly" fire
Black my heart
As I cradle the head
Of my best lieutenant's
Tart
I twist the tale
Of his "murder by proxy"
How he died bravely
In bullets' hail.
To ease her grief
We drop some Oxy...
I lay her down
Where she submits
With n'er a sound
My murderous deed echoed in our little deaths. To steal his girl - I stole his breath.
Afterwards
In the afterglow
I pray his soul
To Heaven
Because
I know
I'm bound
For Hell-
...and I'd really like to avoid an eternity of awkwardness.
-DeRicki
(Week #18)
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