The Grim Reaper

• Artist: Scorn-san
• Description: Well in my school they have something known as World AIDS Day which is basically AIDS aware-ness. Tempo, the lit magazine, was holding a contest on writing poetry to be read aloud as a skit for this. Here's my entry. A personification of AIDS. I tried to make his creepy and devious but I'm not sure if it came across well.
• Date: 11/10/2008
• Tags: grim reaper aids

One, two, three... 5,700,
And that's just one day!
My pet, my toys, my little experiments,
They drop like flies, one after another.

Humans.
What strange creatures they are.
They know of me and yet still,
They commit that which spreads me.
They do nothing.

Protection?
No I don't need it not me.
It can't, it won't, it couldn't happen.
Well guess what little, naive child I don't discriminate.
It matters not to me your age, race or creed.

They can't find me.
I am a master of disguise.
I am aids.

I am the bane of your existence,
Your maker,
The Grim Reaper of the modern world.

~KD

Comments

[Moonlight_Maiden123]

uh huh, aids the grim reaper? interesting way of putting it. i like this poem and as for creepy? it isnt that creepy, but if ya think about it real hard aids is every where and could be in anyone and thats scary enough

[HestiaMoon29]

He could have come off a bit more creepy and devious, but it's excellent. I thought it was the perspective of the Grim Reaper himself, until "I am aids" so it's good just polish it up a bit. ^_- though it doesn't really need it if you don't want to cause your point is very clear. ^_- Great Job!! ^_-