The Journal 4
Added 2021-06-07 01:04:46 +0000 UTCThe journal is leaving me more confused, muddling the case more than clarifying it. I turn the page, and the handwriting looks little like Mike's. It's rounded, feminine, clearly a woman's handwriting, though some small similarities to Mike's remain. Is this a lousy forgery attempt?
I decide to examine the room. It's been scrubbed, as i mentioned before, but even the best cleaners make mistakes. One big mistake they made was they did too good a job, and it is obvious. Hotel maids don't work this meticulously, especially not at a sleazy roadside motel.
I check the bathroom-- both drains. I check the bed, under the mattress. I check the desk, even going so far as to look for false bottoms in the drawers. It's driving me mad. There is something here. I know it. And I know Mike had gotten himself into some kind of deep trouble, and I intend to find him and help him sort it out.
I go back to the journal and read the next poem.
Too tiny too tight
Tugging at the hem I fight
chilled, exposed, displayed
Comments
Thanks. I was inspired in part by a conversation I was having with someone about the challenge of brevity, and I decided to write some gender bendery haiku in the 5-7-5 format. Then, I just decided to write a bit of a story to go with them!
Taylor Galen Kadee
2021-06-10 01:57:29 +0000 UTCPoetry is immediately captivating whhen merged in narration. What wonderfull litterary tools are riddles and prophecies! The reader is teased, challenged, and get a foretaste of the story to come. I liked the opening poem of Lady Arthur: I check all the lines of the prophecy and anticipate how it will be. I also like the Poems of The Journal. Very different, but working as well.
Alexia
2021-06-07 22:00:13 +0000 UTC
