THE RED VILLA
(based on police reports by Detective Francis Hugo)
09:43
O lusty huffs! O tired limbs!
A beastly Zonda batters the bushes
on the road to the Red Villa!
10:02
Ah, villa of rosy hue
and delicately shifting tempo!
Alas, my ill humour curdles the moment pronto.
10:04
I return from
the Lujan Constabulary to
resume my search
for a missing lump of lead
more precious than gold.
10:07
O turbulent,
stubborn memory!
You pace outside
no longer!
“?”
“*”
“.?”
“X”
11:25
Ah, trio of grave horns!
You signal the last act of
Horatio Marx.
“Lilies and roses!
They are for noses!”
11:27
O tainted lily!
You conjure up
visions of horseflesh!
What joyful trotting!
11:45
Ah, the need for
a druggy doze brings
a forecast that’s
not too sunny.
11:58
O stinking rose!
How you lead me
to a dim conclusion.
O thread of Time!
You knot a moment of
the vengeful past with
the fate and inevitable
present…
…and a bullet,
missing on this
strange tread,
reaches its
crimson harbour.
12:00
And, so, it ends,
with the knell of
a highly saturated
tank.
©Michael Mills 2003
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