Duty-bound
I came to execute
The verdict of Teresa
On that appointed eve
Like a soft breeze
Pounding the curtains
I entered unseen
As a pup she laid
Duped that her
Satin and laced sheets
Would get her covered
From the judgement
That would befall her
Then braced myself did I
To enforce her sentence
Cold and swift
Arrow in hand
Steadily aimed
Dug deep in her skin
This I did
Over and over again
Instead of her body
Limped
And eerily silent dead
I heard
Her forceful
Muffled
Shriek
As the steel bored deeper
I heard a
Slapping sound
Squishing
Steady
Periodic
Was I amused
Where the blade had been
Not a trickle of blood
Nothing did I see
But it got more crimson
Like ripe tomatoes
Begging to be picked free
I turned to her face
Contorted it was
Her eyes blocked the faint light
Mouth’s an open vessel
Begging for the rain to trickle
In the dead of the night