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Stained Glass Scarlet, Scarlet Fasinera  . . .  a fictional character
          a vigilante haunting the streets of the Bronx
            with a mission to kill using combat and a crossbow
     a foe of Moon Knight the sworn protector
            of all people . . .The Left Fist of Khonshu   
but, can and will Moon Knight stop Scarlet ?

          ~  to understand Scarlet's mission, we need to look
at her unhappy childhood . . . her mother was dead 
        and her father was an abusive, cruel, drunk man
one evening she set his bed on fire using cigarettes
    it was ruled an accident  ~

      Scarlet dreamt of being an actress
                      even worked as prison guard learning combat
        but when all failed she became a nun
one day, a criminal . . . Vince Fasinera came to her church
seeking refuge, soon she traded your black habit for a wedding dress
            devoted, she vows to change Vince
a baby came, she named Joseph . . . Vince never held the baby

~for fifteen years Scarlet lived in hell mistreated by a husband
         cruel, insulting, abusive (just like her father)
one day Vince was gunned down by police after robbing a bank~

at fifteen years old her son Joseph became a criminal also, just like his father
   known as Joseph "Mad Dog" Fasinera . . . he murdered people too
           in time was arrested and charge with murder
       sentenced to life in prison
he escaped

          ~  in the meantime, Scarlet returned to a church
abandoned . . . the pews . . .  rows of rotting wood
        cobwebs are everywhere, decay touches all surfaces
except the stained glass windows  ~ 

and above the faded vaulted ceiling . . .  there is an attic room
          here Scarlet lives . . .  in a comfortable space
        lit by candles, she looks at a photo album
         photos of a man, and baby boy, she loved
as she sips bitter red wine

          ~  Joseph her son comes to the her church hideaway
seeking the cash from his fathers bank robbery that he thinks she has
      does she?  anyways a gun struggle ensues and she kills him  ~

Scarlet becomes a lady of sorrow and death, dressing in a long red dress
          her eyes dead . . . her mission to kill all criminals
        using her combat skills and her crossbow she crashes in windows
     to find syndicate criminals in meetings and kills them all
   even a restaurant that Moon Knight's friends own 
she sets it on fire

now, Moon Knight must stop Scarlet, and does capture her
          he listens to her story . . . 
      and they discover that they have a spiritual connection
not as lovers but connected in their painful life perhaps
and what happen many times over . . .  he allows her to escape
    for are we to believe that "The Left Fist of Khonshu"  has failed

~  Scarlet fades into the background
only to return, captured again by Moon Knight and escapes
      and on and on it goes . . .  ~  
       
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November 03, 2022


Poetry/Free Verse/Stained Glass Scarlet
Copyright Protected, ID 11-1498-774-03
All Rights Reserved, 2022, Constance La France

Written for the Premiere contest, Moon Knight's Friends and Foes
sponsor, Robert James Liguori, Judged 11/03/2022

First Place (Trophy Win)
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