a/n: two 60 word poems based on "The Adventure of the Cardboard Box"
Holmes and companons do not belong to me
Obsessions
A woman scorned
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I clasped his hand and held it tight
He drew his hand away
He loved me not,
I loved him so
Much more than I could say.
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But now I know
He loves me not,
My love is turned to hate.
I vow he'll lose
The one he loves;
I'll plan and watch and wait.
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Revenge will guide their fate.
~o~
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Jim Brewer goes boating
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Together, laughing, side by side;
For everyone to see.
I watched, unnoticed, as they passed;
Red mist enveloped me.
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Oblivious, they travelled on
From cab, to train, then boat.
I followed as my pounding head
Made everything remote.
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An offshore fog
Reduced my world
To me, and him, and her,
A weapon raised;
A plea ignored;
A frenzied, bloodstained, blur...
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