09-03-2014, 07:53 PM
The Next One
She knew you still loved her
when she called to ask for help.
A love she had never returned,
but now she was in a real jam.
For just $10,000 you could be
her knight in shining armor.
Of course, of course you would help.
You drained all the money you had,
like the last drop of blood…
To buy her freedom, to buy her love.
Off the plane,
adjusting your backpack to your right shoulder,
you pulled out the address and hailed a cab.
You were a little nervous
when the taxi dropped you off
in a rundown part of town.
You knocked on the door.
An older women let you in,
then blackness.
Fighting back to consciousness,
hands tight behind your back,
knees in sand,
you hear her voice somewhere near you,
“OK, but I get to do the next one.”
–Erthona
©2014
She knew you still loved her
when she called to ask for help.
A love she had never returned,
but now she was in a real jam.
For just $10,000 you could be
her knight in shining armor.
Of course, of course you would help.
You drained all the money you had,
like the last drop of blood…
To buy her freedom, to buy her love.
Off the plane,
adjusting your backpack to your right shoulder,
you pulled out the address and hailed a cab.
You were a little nervous
when the taxi dropped you off
in a rundown part of town.
You knocked on the door.
An older women let you in,
then blackness.
Fighting back to consciousness,
hands tight behind your back,
knees in sand,
you hear her voice somewhere near you,
“OK, but I get to do the next one.”
–Erthona
©2014
How long after picking up the brush, the first masterpiece?
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.