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My Personal Tell-Tale Heart
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Thump, Thump, Thump
Do you not hear it?
I’m sure it is nothing,
Just a particular thumping
That creeps under my floor
Under the stained brown carpet
I hear it every night
Thump . . . Thump
I feel the heart inside my chest
Gain ten more pounds in weight
As my sins weigh on my chest,
My shame and guilt
O my heart!
. . . Thump . . .
Leave me alone!
I have not wronged anyone
Only myself
Myself who I have betrayed
I fear to look of what I have become
Thump!
I cannot take it anymore!
Leave me be!
Be gone
My own hideous heart!
Do you not hear it?
I’m sure it is nothing,
Just a particular thumping
That creeps under my floor
Under the stained brown carpet
I hear it every night
Thump . . . Thump
I feel the heart inside my chest
Gain ten more pounds in weight
As my sins weigh on my chest,
My shame and guilt
O my heart!
. . . Thump . . .
Leave me alone!
I have not wronged anyone
Only myself
Myself who I have betrayed
I fear to look of what I have become
Thump!
I cannot take it anymore!
Leave me be!
Be gone
My own hideous heart!
I have to admit I like certain works of Edger Allen Poe, I remembered reading The Tell-Tale Heart in seventh grade and it flew over my head, I honestly didn't get a word of it. I do understand it now, and even though I don't have a guilty conscious I live in a second story apartment building and the guy below me likes to play is bass guitar at night and for some reason it always reminded me of this tale.
And granted I never murdered anyone, I can't deny the feeling it sometimes puts on my heart like I should be guilty for something.
Anyway this is my own poem inspired by Poe, I hope you like it.
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Very interesting take on a Poe classic...