The Last Chapter

Through the gap between the closed drapes A maid peers in a daze An ashtray upon the table Held her undiffused gaze Clearly there was bright red lipstick Circles upon some butts A golden earring lies close by Lying cheat drives her nuts The fog lifted revealing all Airline ticket back home A scoundrel, cheater, liar, creep In the night he does roam A teardrop fell upon the floor As the click opened lock He slept peacefully this last night Gun shots silenced by the clock An airline ticket now possessed Swifter than that jet plane Around the block to catch the same Click, clack the sound mundane Last chapter typed upon white sheets The typewriter now still Headlines plastered across front page Lovers in motel were killed Sponsor: Giorgio AV Contest: Structured Forms Author: Sara Kendrick Written: December 6, 2014 This is written in a type of Poulter's Measure Actually each stanza is two fourteen syllable couplets but broken down into 8,6,8,6 with the rhymes on the 6 Some lines might be a little off..