Savor.

By Michael Castile

Mon, 17 Jul 2017
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Savor.

via Daily Prompt: Savor

She was as sweet as pie, but she had to die, that was just the way it was going to be
I cut her into slices, really sharpening the damn knife first
Then decided to cut her into pieces and have her with a cup of tea
I decapicated her head, just to make sure she was dead

Tomorrow I will investigate her brain, I wonder am I insane
But she should not have said I was no good in bed
Pretty sure she meant it too
I will serve her with bacon, parsley, basil, and celery shoots

See if I cant find and eat her mind, you know, as you do
I never would have guessed human flesh was among the best
If tenderized sufficiently
Along with condiments, and salads
It’s a delightful meal, fit for more than two

Next onto human organs, this is such a culinary adventure
I can hardly wait to taste and see
I never guessed I could be such a cannibal
It sure is such a surprise to me
But she only has herself to blame, saying I as a man was quiet insane
That I was unable to light her flame, at least now we’ll be together forever more
As she takes up residence within my core

Maybe do not challenge another, should you wish to discover
Whether they are what they claim to be
Cause you may not enjoy what you find out, see
Perhaps not the best to accuse others of being insane
Cause you just might be on the recieving end of some serious pain, for real

So when in the darkness of the night, when I want to be in touch with her brightness and light
Just one more time
I’ll just call out loud to her, and say ‘Alright darling, how you doing
 I’ll bet your doing fine, and your mine, all mine’, as you reside forever more, deep within my core
Now where can I find the next victim, that I can eat
Here’s hoping she tastes twice as sweet
I wonder how well human flesh goes with green tea.

Certificate 18
Poem
Horror

Comments

Submitted by airyfairy on

Goes rather better with a nice chianti, as I understand it.

Given the subject and some of the fairly graphic description, this really needs to be an 18 certificate.   With the pedant's hat on - there's a spelling correction needed for 'decapitation' and I suppose, technically, you don't decapitate someone's head, you decapitate (ie remove the head from) the body.

Pedant's hat off!  The image of eating someone's mind, of the act of cannibalism as a way of absorbing them into one's own inner core, is interesting.  I like the way you take this back to what, as far as we can tell, was the original purpose of cannibalism among ancient peoples - a way of absorbing another person's (eg an enemy's) strengths.  I did wonder initially if you meant it as metaphor, but as you've indicated it's 'Horror' I'm assuming it's meant literally.  The last three lines are the most chilling - birth of a serial killer.

 

Submitted by Michael Castile on

Well airyfairy, thank you for your comprehensive comment. You may be right, perhaps human flesh may taste better with a nice chianti or similar, but I prefer my human flesh with green tea, trying to keep diet halfway healthy.
    The way I see it, if I am eating the body, I may as well go the whole hog, and grab the mind and spirit while I'm about it ! Yes perhaps I am a serial killer in the making, or maybe I am alredy well practiced in such an endevour.

                                                                                                                         Michael.