When I
Do You In …
When I do you in
… a
single bullet will do it
I’ll
use six pillows to silence it,
then
get out my trusty “kit”
of
bleach, and I’ll go to town
wiping
everything down,
And
no one will suspect me …
just
hoping they don’t see
those
dirty towels in the trash bin
…When
I do you in
When I do you in
… a
drop of poison should do it
something
exotic from Singapore
in
your drink when you walk through the door…
you’ll
hardly notice the pain
as
you start to convulse when it hits your brain
And
no one will suspect me …
just
best not test that Long Island Iced Tea
to
learn that it wasn’t Gin
… When I do you in
When I do you in
… a
knock on the head might do it
I’ll
just explain how you tripped and fell,
slipped
on that rug when you answered the bell
then
quickly hide the trip wire away,
while
carefully keeping the cops at bay
and
no one will suspect me …
how
could it possibly be?
And
that hidden wire sooo thin
…When
I do you in
When I do you in
…a
car accident would do it
a
cut in the brake line and you will swerve
around
that long and winding curve…
over
the edge you’ll go;
How could I possibly know?
They
surely won’t suspect me
Unless
they just happen to see
my mischievous
little grin…
...
When I do you in!
Copyright
© Ginny Brannan May 2010
Images and artwork by one of my favorite illustrators and authors, Edward Gorey. He wrote many children's books, and many "alphabet" books including the Ghashlycrumb Tinies. In his later years he lived here in Massachusetts in Yarmouth Port on the Cape. He is probably best known for the opening credits on PBS Mystery. Learn more here.
Sharing this at dVerse Poets Poetics: The Lighter side of Ghouls & Goblins. After all, what's a little blood-letting among friends?!!! Bwahahahaha!! (Insert best evil laughter here!)
oh my ginny...you have all the angles figured out on this one...how to do us in...and get away....smiles...haha...this was fun...i think the grin is giving you away....smiles
ReplyDeleteLOVE! LOVE! LOVE! This is totally rockin Ginny. I LOVE IT. Perfect - dark, funny and well I can see me saying it - when I do you in...muwahahahaha
ReplyDeleteLove this, especially the poison one. Morbidly great.
ReplyDeleteI see a bit of the rondeau in this?? It's inspired...great fun!
ReplyDeleteAny resemblance to any true format is purely coincidental. This is actually one of my very first pieces when I was new and clueless as to formats and meter. Written just for the sheer fun of the subject matter (which my husband is convinced is about him, since I mention Long Island where he's from! BTW: In case you're wondering, he is still "with" us!
DeleteSuper fantastic!!!
ReplyDeleteSure is morbid and creepy. Ways of doing someone in can be a little tricky. Here it seems all to have been worked out! Nicely Ginny!
ReplyDeleteHank
An instant favourite. Loved this - the structure, the rhymes, the imagery, everything.
ReplyDeletehaha...your grin surely betrays you... and the most well woven plan can have some blind spots that give you away as well...smiles...fun take..
ReplyDeleteWhen I DO you in
ReplyDeleteIt'll BE forEVerrrrr
Well written, Ginny! I love the rhythm of the poem and the illustrations are really well chosen. I'd never heard of Edward Gorey before (awesome name, btw) and will be sure to check out more of his work.
ReplyDeleteI'm not getting on your wrong side, if I can help it! Although I had a chat with a fellow writer last weekend and we did agree that the dark thoughts and ideas we have are better expressed in writing, rather than in more... physical ways! Eeep! Great poem - loved it! (Artwork is excellent too!)>
ReplyDeleteOh ... this is marvelous. The refrain and the planning... and the hesitation.. A piece of art truly.
ReplyDeleteZeroing in on the perfect crime! This was a lot of fun, Ginny, and I've always admired the Gorey intros on PBS. But the murderers always get caught on those shows, so be careful...nice work.
ReplyDeleteSteve
Sounds like now you have a choice to make when you do him in. Ha. Enjoyed reading this. Quite disturbing.
ReplyDelete"doing someone in" has never had such a romantic quality to it before! Very clever.
ReplyDeletehaha the cops will never catch you here at your zoo. Just don't do me in, 9 lives so you may not win
ReplyDeleteFun/horrors! Just like the alphabet book of your fave artist! The tone works to keep this on a level of fantasy--for me. But what if? oooo!
ReplyDeleteThis is just what the Doc ordered for me-a wonderful whodunit;-)!Loved every bit of this-superb creativity !
ReplyDelete:) this is great :)
ReplyDeleteI find it fascinating this is an early poem of yours and even though you knew little to nothing for forms and structure - it still has your trademark of rhyme and rhythm - just a little looser. I find it so very charming!
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