The Perfect Crime

We sit on the wooden benches
Waiting to be called
Judged for all to see
The fans overhead don't help at all
We're still sweating the nerves away

We rise for the judge
We sit so we don't run

I look to my lawyer
He smiles and gives me a thumbs up
That really helps
Smile while you bleed my wallet dry
F*****g a*****e

People approach the stand
My eyes approach the floor
Then she makes her way down the aisle

Flowing blond hair
Long enough to hang a mortal man's heart
Curves that would leave a man speechless
Too lost for words to be a reliable witness
The smile of an angel
Dangerous enough to kill you with
But beautiful enough for you not to care

And those eyes
Those eyes that could drop you dead with one wink
Shatter your soul
Ruin your life
Take everything from you
Leave
And still have you missing them afterwords

That girl could steal your heart
And get away with it too

She's the perfect crime

Reviews

[Paul Bell]

Two people in the world who will bankrupt you.
Women and Lawyers. Not sure what one's the snake though.

[.]

I love the twist as well as the diction in this piece. Nicely done

[V]

I like your wording. There's something about your writings I really like, I think it's the candidness and directness (I mentioned this before I think...), the descriptive, very picturesque attitude. Easy to imagine and follow.

[Timothy Ryan]

Thank you so much. That's exactly how I hope my writing comes across. Everyone has their own style, and that's what works best for me. I'm about to start another story soon, but after that's done I'm gonna be reading people on here. I'm definitely going to keep an eye out for you when I do. Enjoy the rest of the weekend.

[V]

You're welcome. You too and I look forward to it. I think your poems belong to the prose poetry category because even your poems read storylike but I like that.

[Timothy Ryan]

Thank you. Some of the of them definitely do. I enjoy poems that are worded well, but a lot of people focus too much on wording and the poem loses it's meaning in all of it sometimes. You pull it off well from what I've seen, though.

[V]

That's true, I know what you mean, I try to find a balance of vague/picturesque/weird descriptions and simple wording.

[Papaya]

I like this, great twist.

[Timothy Ryan]

Thank you so much. I'm always looking for new stuff to read from other writers. Send me a read request sometime. I'd like to check out some of your stuff.

[Papaya]

You're welcome. I don't think I can send you a read request because we are not 'friends' but if you'd like to visit me feel free. My stuff is pretty 'simple'...

[Timothy Ryan]

We'll figure something out haha.