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Illumination of the Gallows

ILLUMINATION OF THE GALLOWS
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gallows
hallows
haloes
shallows

Sallow-sad priest, hallows gallows, bleak.
Saints enshrined in haloes ~ shallows shriek.

1/22/2018

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Robert Lindley

January 25, 2018 at 9:20 AM

LOVE IT, SO DARK AND REMINDS ME OF SAD AND DARK MOVIES THAT I WATCHED AS A KID... The thought of a short rope and a quick drop always horrified me as a child. Imagine being innocent and hung for a crime that one did not do.

Kim Rodrigues

January 25, 2018 at 9:22 AM

Thank you, Robert! Enjoyed your comment! ...Kim

Roy Pett

January 25, 2018 at 6:14 AM

Great Tyburn Kim, this is so apt probably as you know Tyburn was a place where executions were carried out by hanging, one of the most famous was the notorious highwayman Dick Turpin, Tyburn now is the end of Edgware Road London, now called Marble Arch, brilliant so well written enjoyed. :))

Kim Rodrigues

January 25, 2018 at 9:18 AM

Thank you, Roy! Yes, I saw the subject in passing. Intend to go back and read about it! Fascinating!