Did they find my missing body
at the bottom of the lagoon?
The water here is brackish
and leeches a dark perfume.
Tread carefully in the marsh
for the mud is thigh-high deep.
My killer knows this firsthand,
he sank where the gators creep.
A fitting end for the coward
with an ego too large and bold,
but he met his match
when I hexed his ass,
now his body’s growing cold!
Deep in these black waters,
I watch my body bloat
and laugh that only in death
did I finally learned to float!
You may not think this funny,
how in death I can be so crass,
but darling from my point of view
I could cry or choose to laugh.
Life was much too serious
and I played a wicked role
now I’m floating in this swamp
as a disembodied soul!
I wonder if when they find me
they’ll write the story of my life
about the old eclectic spinster,
witch, poet, and no one’s wife.
As for you my ruthless darling,
killing me was your final pursuit.
Oh how the gators love the taste
of a man of ill repute.
Life is often fatal,
but in death, I’ve been avenged.
There’s nothing like the taste
of Lizzie’s sweet revenge!
Now that is a wonderfully told tale in excellent verse. Well done.
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Thanks, Bill. You know Aunt Lizzie has to have her story told or she’ll keep haunting me🤣👻👀
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Very well written Sue. But remind me not to bother you any time soon 😀
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Not to worry, Mark. The poem’s about a character in a book I’m writing. She just happens to be a dead poet who haunts me. Hmm, maybe you should be worried 🤣
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A tragedy-but so very well written/
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Thanks, Michele. Aunt Lizzie is a character in my book who lived in the late 1800’s and I’ve been struggling to figure out how she died so this poem answers that mystery😁
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I hope you include that poem in your book.
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Great idea! I just might do that😊
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It looks like your book is going to be an interesting read, Sue. Your poem is so descriptive I could almost feel the coldness of that dark lagoon. Well done. 🙂
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Thanks, Ally😊
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My pleasure, Sue! 🙂
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Such a fun read! I can feel her amusement.
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I love this! It gave me chills. Dark yet humorous – a tough combination to balance.
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Thanks so much! Lizzie has a story and demands it be told😂 I wonder if all writers/poets are haunted by ghosts whispering in their ear👻
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Ha! Good question. I mean I think I might have that problem 🤔
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