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A Moment

Call the craven

Tell them the news

The ground is soft and this field is pretty

They’ll like the breeze that shakes the flowers

I’ve taken my last step, I’m too tired to take another

There’s a few clouds above

The sun’s bright but not hot

Though everything feels cold right now

I’ve got last words

Let the bugs hear them

Let the leaves shake and spread them

This feels like peace if I’ve ever felt it

The Murder of Molly Brown

Have you seen the cat-tails Shifting beneath the bridge, Gathered in the shadows Down by the water’s edge? Have you heard the whispering That rustles in the reads? The rushes, they are speaking For there’s blood upon the weeds. And there’s a faint impression, A sadness in the air. A ghost of trauma lingers on To guide the seeking stare. And now down to the water We’ll gaze beneath the sheen To see the lifeless angel there, Drifting and serene. We wonder at her beauty, Her breasts, pale and bare, And curious we tremble: Is that image truly there? But then the water shimmers And things are put a’ right. But, Molly Brown was murdered here, And just the other night.

©️ JM Tiffany