Crimson Tide Premiere

Gary Hill 1964 (Sheffield, England)



The crimson stream made its way
Seeping from his fatal wound
Flowing, pooling, in places congealing
People stared transfixed
Hypnotised by this crimson stream
That slowly flowed passed their feet
Rooted to the spot
Gawping at the deceased
Like they were some A-list celebrity
On a red carpet, a red carpet of blood
Flashing lights not cameras
But those of police cars
Finally, the spell is broken
This premiere was over
People got on with their daily lives
Like nothing ever happened
Their subconscious thirst for blood
Quenched for now.

©Gary Wayne Hill, 2020

About this poem

A dark piece about murder and peoples fascination with it.

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Written on January 09, 2020

Submitted by garyhill2264 on April 26, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXXXXXXXXAXXXXXXAX X
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 562
Words 96
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 18, 1

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