The Black Dahlia

Elizabeth Short
Was a typical dreamer
Who went west to
Hollywood to
Escape a mundane
Life
And transform herself
Into a glittering
Movie star
Shining brightly in
Lights.
But the reality of her
Days was of moving.
Around and around
To different places
On the fringes
And dating many men
To buy her meals
Just to get by.
Hoping to find the
One to unlock the
Closed doors of
Studio cameras that
Would focus their
Lenses on her.
What she found
Instead
Was fame that
Is horrifying
In a manner beyond
Comprehension.
Her last "date"
Was with
Infamy.
She was found
Gutted
and
Bisected
In a vacant
Field.
Her blood had
Been drained
And her severed
Corpse was
Positioned like
A sculpture
Of
Violation.
A
Monument
Of
Misogyny
Epic
Sadism
Enshrined
With a
Ghoulish
Slashing of her
Lips into
A gruesome
Ear to ear
Smile
That appeared
To smirk at the
Spectacle
Of her own
Dissection
She was stripped
Naked
And exposed
For someone
To find.
a
depravity
exhibition.
Who could have
Imagined
At her birth
That in
Death
She'd end
Up
Like
That.