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Am I Mad?

March 13, 2011
By Rocketgirl97 BRONZE, Highland Village, Texas
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" 'Tis better to be thought a fool, yet be silent, than to speak out and remove all doubt." -Abraham Lincoln

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True
You may say that I am mad
Am I mad?
I killed him vehemently
For my anxiety was to claim me victim
A pale corpse
Every night the vulture slowly envelopes
Seizing me
The eye!
It haunted me
Cold, pale, blue, vulture

© Terran E., Slidell, LA

The author's comments:
This is a found poem using words from Edgar Allen Poe's 'The Tell-Tale Heart'. I wrote this in the point of view of the caretaker/murderer. He is trying to justify what he did to the old man...
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