The Sweetest Crime Poem by Danny Draper

The Sweetest Crime

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After committing the forbidden act
Totally without remorse or conscience
She paused then licked the blade,
From back to edge
Along the diagonal
From heel to tip
Cold smooth steel,
Across the coarse textured tongue
Risked the wound of muted silence
Condemnation and isolation,
Cautiously peered guiltily around the room
Grew confident by being undetected
Energized with unfettered bravado
Perpetuated another blow
Plunged the blade deeper and twisting
Decisively withdrawing it to her lips
She was free
Overwhelmed with a sense of elation
Untouchable and above the law
The blade glinted menacingly,
She removed the jam cleanly.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Valsa George 30 August 2012

Oh how gory..... How eerie! ! Fantastic description cutting into the flesh! ! ! !

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Ruth Walters 22 August 2012

I thought the ending would be something like that, very good......

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Karen Sinclair 18 June 2012

Great piece dear danny bravo for your version of how it happened and a reminder of me the cheese thief as a child getting caught by my imprint minus the tooth id just lost... i thought my mum was a witch or genius to work out who it was.... bravo...

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Tanishia Denby 01 March 2012

i absolutely love this!

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Danny Draper

Danny Draper

Kiama, New South Wales, Australia
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