Snapped

Paul Bell

 

He slit her throat, and watched as six pints of blood ruined the new floor that had taken him the best part of the day to lay

That was typical of the woman

Red was her favourite colour

This would amuse her greatly

Anything to cause him grief

She was such a messy woman

Shoes, don’t get him started on shoes

One hundred pairs

Who needs one hundred pairs of shoes

He should phone the police

They would understand

Probably be sympathetic

Surprised you never done it years ago mate

In fact, the best thing to do is cut her head off

Put it on a pole

Hang it up in the street to deter other women

That’s what he would do

It worked; women were running and screaming everywhere

He watched as ten Police cars stopped off to congratulate him

You okay mate

Yes, thanks lads, never been better

Just cooking Mary for lunch.

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  • sorenbarrett

    Bloody Mary? is that the drink of the day? Wow! the mind of the insane as it devolves, but who is insane. Of course the one that doesn't fit. A darkly humorous poem of derangement that is life and death. Well written my friend.

    • Paul Bell

      I don't think he got off with a fine for that.

      • sorenbarrett

        Temporary insanity works for some.

      • nephilim56 ( Norman Dickson)

        wonderful dark humour

      • Doggerel Dave

        Just the sheeer blooly darkness of the humour lets you off with a caution...

        This tiny caution relates to the number of women who are actually murdered by their male partners, which is not small at all...

        • Paul Bell

          Yes, although this is tongue and cheek, all forms of violence against women must be called out.

          • Doggerel Dave

            Hi Paul. Apologies for the snipe. At the moment the media here has taken on the theme of domestic homicide and hammers it from time to time with police and pollies (especially Pollies) bubbling away with disapproval. At the same time housing prices are out of control, shortage of refuges… the whole thing pisses me off big time. So if you can do something about it….. no, neither can I…

            • Paul Bell

              You know politicians, anything to look good.
              Have you got a shortage of refuges, we've got thousands we want rid off.
              House prices here are mental too. Wish I'd bought ten twenty years ago, i'd be a billionaire now.

            • Kevin Hulme

              True about the Shoes. Some have more Footwear than a Millipede.
              Wonderful Dark Humour. A fave.

              • Paul Bell

                What do women do with them.

                • Kevin Hulme

                  Why do many Shoes? That's up there with The Meaning of life and Why are Ant and Dec so popular. 👍

                • Tristan Robert Lange

                  Paul, what a grotesquely funny descent into madness. Petty resentment becomes atrocity, misogyny becomes public spectacle, and authority arrives to validate the nightmare. Dark, absurd, and savagely effective, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦‍⬛

                  • Paul Bell

                    He's happy in his own padded cell now.



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