The Setting of a Death
The waves crash
The sullen air makes it suffocating to breath
The heavy clouds carry the dense depression of the town
A woman sobbing in the corner
Yellow tape covering jagged rocks at the end of a cliff
Policeman conversing with a hysterical mother screaming at the sobbing women
“It wasn’t me!” cries the woman
Blood splattered over her clothes, hands drenched in blood from the corpse of her lover
Now covered in a white plastic covering
Only a hand sticks out
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