Killing Joke

The walls of my roost, they sigh;

For awake and prowling within,

A purpure silhouette writhes;

Hoarsely, he beckons me to begin;

 

“ Be gone.” Me thinks aloud;

Yet, an exemplar of glory is he!

Such exquisite chaos, endowed;

Manners of dementia sold comely;

 

“ You complete me.”

 

Hastily, he stems blaring a glare;

Books, pens, dust rattled off the desk;

His stance culled of a nightmare,

Now looms he, droning my neck;

 

Seated I, eyeballing the screen;

Naught a twitch for an itch,

As leathery hands locked keen,

He acquaints me own hands to script;

 

A fool I felt, a Puppeteer’s aid;

‘Tis then he bent, tongue in me ear,

Grains of a chalky mask fade,

Abandoned his visage with a sere;

 

His tale enraged of muted irony,

Etched for keeps, a laugh so rubious;

I withered, as his lips rasped cruelly-

“ Why so serious?”

 

 

-Leah

Author's Note

*mumbles with a sheepish look* The Joker has become a fetish for me...

Reviews

[Patrick Ramsey]

I know someone who thinks of Bane as a fetish, but you're the first joker one I've come across. Nice poem. Very nice wording. The rhyming was pleasant. I think I'll have to google "purpure." Look forward to reading more.

[AHHHHHHHH! Heath.]

Awesome! truly the best portrayal of the Joker, Heath's is, and certainly an awesome poem about him! Oh, Bravo!

[symmetryAsymmetry]

Heath Ledger's potrayal of the Joker has had my mind gripped too! Each movement of his, each line he spoke thrilled every cell in my body! His presence filled the movie till everything else about it became insignificant!
And here you have conveyed that fanaticism awesomely!! Some words you've used in ways I never knew they could be used! The whole plot and its rendition is gripping! So much so, as I've just noticed, each sentence in this review has ended in an exclamation mark! :-D

[Igor G. Balatsky]

Heath Ledger as the Joker was a hit - as well as the movie itself. So sad he is gone too soon… A thrilling piece of writing, dear Leah.