How to tell a story

How to tell a story

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Against Shock

He's a good guy
said the neighbor of the man
who for ten years kept
three young women captive

he comes over for a beer
and plays with the kids
and cracks jokes
just a real good guy

so imagine my shock!
to learn the truth
the good guy was a monster
who wore a mask

but I wasn't shocked
having been through this
doubting my own perceptions
about my own wife

it only takes one intense moment
to bring perception into doubt
after which nothing, nothing at all
is secure in its meaning