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they called him clumsy
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Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Portrait of the Serial Killer as a Young Man
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He was always such a nice boy.
Rose
xo
and he went on to... something really awful.
This might be turning into an evolving multi-author story... feel free to chime in, readers.
I think Rose and Rwells stole my comments... I felt like this was really the beginning of something more...
His mother would always think if only she'd stopped her husband from beating him, maybe he would have been normal.
Oh, these few words conjure up so many images! Love this conciseness!
I hardly knew him. :)
How could they not have known, I heard them ask,
Their child was an embodiment of sin?
How could they never once see through that mask
In all those years, to glimpse what lay within?
"How could they not, indeed?" I think out loud.
"The signs were there, and waiting to be read.
"Perhaps it was denial... maybe not."
I hush, and let the thoughts go through my head.
Two Shoah survivors whose only son
Claimed families of victims to his name
For each new month that he stayed on the run -
What man could face that magnitude of shame?
And so I picked their bodies off the floor,
Threw them in the furnace and shut the door.
Damn, Edo. Is that original? If so would you post it on one of your blogs? or can I repost it here?
It's amazing how much you say in how few words. I am impressed.
Thats so sad!
Great piece.
It is original, in fact, and I probably will get around to posting it on my main blog tonight.
Feel free to repost it if you want.
Brutally succinct. As someone who has known abused children, there was a very somber read.
wow...yeah, what susan sed....
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