(Late again today. I just realised I somehow mistitled my poems, having multiple 133 and 134, so I’ve fixed that.
Went to a library event today for crime genre so that’s the inspiration today).
Lap up the true crime
but shy away from gore.
Hear how real events took place
but recoil at fictional details of
bent bodies, bloodied wounds,
twisted minds.
Perhaps you’re confusing
which is real and which is not
to cope with living
in this world.