This Ghost Story Is Real
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THIS IS A TRUE STORY. I CAN NOT DISCUSS THE DETAILS AT THIS TIME. THE CASE IS STILL IN THE COURTS. THAT IS THE REAL PAINTING, BLOOD TEAR AND ALL. I CAN SAY THE PAINTING WAS CONFISCATED BY THE POLICE AS EVIDENCE. AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNED THEY CAN KEEP IT.
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That's when the woman in the canvas,
well,
started to cry
but the tear was blood
and it made me wonder...
I think anyone would have.
I wondered. How?
How was that possible?
So I thought maybe I had blacked out...
that I had added the tear
...in a coma or a waking dream I,
I don't know but there was no paint anywhere
there were no brushes.
So I looked at the time
no minutes had passed.
The time was as it should be.
That's when...
...when I realized I had been shot...
...a stray bullet from outside.
...like you said that gang war thing
but I ask you officer,
I mean what are the odds?
What are the chances...
...chances that my blood,
that my blood would splatter like that...
perfect,
a tear on a painted canvas.
That's what scares me officer.
Not the gangs.
What scares me officer
what really scares me
is that painting.
23~10~2014
Sponsor: Kelly Deschler
Contest Name: Ghost Stories
Copyright © Maurice Yvonne | Year Posted 2014
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