The Blood Paintings

I don't know where this came from. It's the first thing I can finish in days.

Last night another man was killed

The rumor has been spread

Report to town authorities

That blood was once more shed

The victim lay before his house

The door used to be white

But when they found the poor dead man

Deep red was all in sight

It was the second man this week

The seventh just in June

And on their face a common mark

Which looks like an old rune

Another similarity

Between the corpses all

Is that they lay not on their blood

It was sprayed on the wall

And every victim, young and old

And poor and well-endowed

Encountered death when in a place

As white as merry cloud

This killer seems to have a taste

For using blood as ink

On compositions using reds

From deep maroon to pink

The reason, people say, is wrath 

Well, I say it is fun

For "paint the town red" I have heard

And that's what I have done

Reviews

[EmilynRosee]

I really liked it ((: very different than a lot of poetry that's out there ! I loved the line "This killer seems to have a taste
For using blood as ink"

[Sami Khalil]

A nice poem with a dark dimension to it...Bravo

[Eva Rosehill]

Loved this poem, I enjoy poetry with a story behind it, just like this piece. "paint the town red" a very clever line to use with such a dark twist, brilliant.

[Davi Rodrigues]

Thank you :)