Fresh heaven stuck in a private hell
A horror poem based on Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
The tempestuous younger sister, had a penchant for true crime
she lingered over sordid details of past gruesome murder
But found them
So boring.
She found a rat to serve her older sister as stew
a drink of sewer, a toast will do
‘Why did she shimmer brighter than I?
I
Was
The
Real
Star.’
Her brain hit heavy clankings of the painful sea, so dark, so cold, so dreadful
It left a scar of misery deep in her raw and twisted heart, so devastating it killed her fear
it killed her fear,
Now she had nothing to lose:
she served her sister a dead parakeet
Her pet, her last love, her special treat
she purged out her guts as her heart stopped
The three agonizing seconds before her soul left her earthly framework
She lifted the ceramic bowl, the bowl she had asked her sister to refill with cool water every night
And it spilled over her face, live with worms and crawdads
Warm, gooey, terrifying
But with her last frightening breath, she left her eyes open in an accusatory stare
Her mouth twisted in a evil glare, a smile so defiant
The youngest screamed in a faint,
A true horror story
A pixie spirit with engorged cheeks
Sang them
Both into a etheral promise of heaven,
As they faded into red, red, pink
The faded hell that drank in their fears like honey to a bee
One eyes open to the truth
Another closed in agony.
‘
About the Creator
Melissa Ingoldsby
I am a published author on Patheos,
I am Bexley by Resurgence Novels
The Half Paper Moon on Golden Storyline Books for Kindle.
My novella The Job and Atonement will be published this year by JMS Books
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Comments (5)
Holy moley. That is creepy. Excellent piece, my friend.
Whoaaaa, this was so dark, unsettling and intense! I freaking loved your poem and the video at the end!
This is fabulous!
I appreciate your exceptional work.
Deliciously horrifying!!