"An Untitled Ballad about a Dying Man" By: Eric J. Williams He laid on the ground, bloody and dying The air was filled with the sound of crying The man could feel the blood in his hand His face was planted in the sand And the man was dying As he laid there he looked back on his day It started off normal, everything was okay As he left for work he kissed his wife But later would be the end of his life And the man was dying His office was almost a prison cell His boss walked in and gave him hell His boss said "Those reports you did were done all wrong" The man was shocked; those reports took him so long And the man was dying Later at lunch he sat to dine The waitress he had was really fine As she served him he tried to flirt But she was rude, and very curt And the man was dying After lunch he returned to work He hated his boss, he hated the jerk The man couldn't get those reports out of his mind He hated doing work of any kind And the man was dying After work he sat in his car Instead of home he drove to a bar He sat in the bar and had a drink Then his mind went on the blink And the man was dying The man got drunk and was kicked out of the bar He stumbled down the street but didn't get far Soon the man found himself in a park Another man leaped out from the dark And the man was dying The second man held out a gun The first man thought this was just for fun The second yelled, "Give me all your money!" The first man laughed thinking this was funny And the man was dying The second man wasn't joking at all He pulled the trigger making the first man fall The first man fell to the sand Blood began to fill his hand And he was dying
Reason for writing:
Well I wrote this poem as an assignment for my 10th grade english class. The inspiration for this poem came from the way some movie's opening scene take place at the end of the movie then flashbacks to where the story really starts. You'll understand what I mean once you read the poem.
Birth sign: Scorpio
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