Chapter 1: Waves & Ticks- Part 2

Blood splattered face

Conrad did not pause once

He moved from bunk to bunk

Chopping all of his friends

Two down, three down, four down

 

After Bill died

The last two bunks jumped up

“What the hell,” Oscar yelled,

Failing to dodge the ax

Abe and Mike attacked, quick

 

Five dead bodies

Two large men against one

And still they struggled to

Take the ax from Conrad

He wrestled with them, hard

 

His squeeze tightened

He knocked Abe in the head

Mike refused to let go

Knowing that he’d be next

On Conrad’s chopping list

 

“Stop,” he pleaded.

Conrad pulled the ax close

“I must do this,” he cried.

“But you don’t,” Mike assured.

Conrad head-butted Mike

 

Mike fell and groaned

Conrad raised the ax high

“Don’t do this,” Mike exclaimed.

The toilet flushed and the

Bathroom door opened up

 

Slightly blinded

Conrad covered his eyes

“What the hell,” Shawn screamed.

Mike kicked Conrad’s knees

Crack, scream, and topple down

 

Shawn rushed in fast

And grabbed the bloody ax

“What happened here,” he cried.

Mike crawled to check on Abe

“He’s still breathing,” he said.

 

Conrad screamed out,

“Please, forgive my failure.”

Mike wobbled to his feet

He stumbled to Conrad

And kicked him in his face

 

Mike fell backward

“He killed them all,” Mike cried.

Blood soaked the floors and beds

“It’s that damn box,” Shawn cried.

“It’s cursed and so are we.”

Author's Note

This book was originally written and published as a collection of tweets.

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

A wild tale in this chapter. Murder, kill and more murder. You made the scene come alive for the reader. A interesting chapter.
Coyote