The Damaged Rose (aces over eights)

By Malcholm Dark

Life has been a testament
As seen through the eyes of fear.
Same old thing, do what you're told
The "or else" is crystal clear.

Picks herself up off the floor
She tries very hard to stand.
It's tough being a loving wife
Married to an abusive man.

Mixed with his anger is whiskey and gin
He's one sorry sucker, a cruel mother-fucker
His ways reflect the sin.

Now it comes that fateful day
When there is madness abound.
Should have left sometime ago
But she chose to stick around.

A gathering of his rage
Is a gathering of crows.
He beats her down so badly
She dies the damaged rose.

Standing over her with his blood soaked hands
Now justice awaits, aces over eights
The hangman understands.
.
.
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The verdict is in
.
.
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The gavel bangs down
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Death-row houses him now.
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She visits him alone at night
When the lights are way down low.
He shakes with fear when he sees
That horrible, ghostly glow.

When he tries to close his eyes
She knocks him across the cell.
No escape from the reckoning
Welcome to your living Hell!

He knows there is going to be a switch
Together for eternity, in Hell's fraternity
Where he becomes her bitch.


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Copyright 2011 Malcholm Dark
Published on Friday, April 15, 2011.     Filed under: "Abuse" and "Poetry"

Author's Note:

The moral of this poem: don't ever, I mean never, hit a woman... unless of course she needs a good spanking...
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  • A former member wrote: Wow at first i felt sorry for her but she came back to haunt him in his cell... the message delivered MD style:) thanks for sharing:)

  • lupus tenebrae On Friday, April 15, 2011, lupus tenebrae (872)By person wrote:

    Quite a graphic abusive tale. What happens behind closed doors defies reality and fantasy alike. He got what he deserved at the end at least, haunted by the specter of his late lover. And the author's note brings up a good point. The difference between bad abuse, and kinky abuse lol. Write onward. Scholar

  • A former member wrote: Love the imagery and the break of the flow for emphasis. I do that occasionally too. Scholar

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