(adult content, murder) Death's tempted

[Chaotic Body]

The ideas you are reaching for aren't bad though I got them from your explanation not the poem. Death as an addict searching for the perfect fix with diminishing returns.

Leading off from the idea of its never as good as the first time and treating the deaths like great moments when he got high or bad junk would be an interesting angle.

If you've never read it look at Eyes Fastened With Pins by Charles Simic for another example of death personified.

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/171689

Thanks

I really wanted the 'folly of mankind' to be central, though, and I need a metaphor for this 'cycle' type of exploitation of mankind, by Death, to be conveyed.. I think, this would mean doing the personalization of Death in more detail. Yeah, like you say, I need to emphasize this is the almost feast-like peak of activity for Death as he collects a well-earned reward.. other times he can just use his minions

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someone’s idea of how it felt to kill Kennedy in the first three verses

I imagined Death is really feeling and experiencing a lot, in that he observes all of society's movements like I mention "in the streets", maybe I should have Death saying that, yeah and in that sense he does see the beauty of this convergence of many things. Which in this imaginary world, grants Death a lot for having set up. So Death, more than anyone, loves this and is uncontrollably active, racing, surging inside with that sweetness he can almost taste.

But I am meaning for this poem to be applied, generally, to dictators or individuals such as Saddam, Osama Bin Laden (he was betrayed by a family member I think it was, so that would work with what I have here..!)