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Spring - 24
It Doesn’t Take a Killer
It Doesn’t Take a Killer
by Catherine, Grade 11
The dawn is snarling with its rolling clouds
of burgundy, clawing open wounds like smoke
that left a dying mister’s pallor mouth.
of burgundy, clawing open wounds like smoke
that left a dying mister’s pallor mouth.
Some places are confusing, like the room –
a kitchen, I believe – I killed him in.
My work is most admirable, I assume,
a kitchen, I believe – I killed him in.
My work is most admirable, I assume,
For not a maggot ever called it home,
and yet my birds have feasted on it to
the bone; left none but O, his silver tongue! –
and yet my birds have feasted on it to
the bone; left none but O, his silver tongue! –
It haunts me, dead or living, spitting lies
that foam and fester from the core of trees
I’ve planted, innocent to a passerby.
that foam and fester from the core of trees
I’ve planted, innocent to a passerby.
The only knowing eyes were that of walls
around, enclosing rage with silence, so
intrinsic as I watched his shoulders fall
around, enclosing rage with silence, so
intrinsic as I watched his shoulders fall
To frame the dawn. I bought a shadow once,
for fifteen pounds, and I had found its use!
And granted, I will never see the sun,
for fifteen pounds, and I had found its use!
And granted, I will never see the sun,
But look, gods; look: his headstone, my pedestal.
LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT
We wish to acknowledge this land on which Branksome operates. For thousands of years, it has been the traditional land of the Wendat, the Seneca, and most recently, the Mississaugas of the Credit River. Today, this meeting place is still the home to many Indigenous peoples from across Turtle Island and we are grateful to have the opportunity to work and go to school on this land.*
*The Land Acknowledgement may evolve as we honour our commitment to Truth and Reconciliation in partnership with Indigenous communities.
*The Land Acknowledgement may evolve as we honour our commitment to Truth and Reconciliation in partnership with Indigenous communities.
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