LPiA-26 Nov. 5

[Tiger the Lion]

Let's Pretend it's April - Nov. 5

Rules: Write a poem for LPiA on the topic or form described. Each poem should appear as a New Reply to this thread. The goal is to, at the end of the month, have written 30 poems for the month of November. (or one, or six, or fifteen) Prompts may be revisited at any time. All members are welcome.

Topic : Write a Cliffhanger. 
Form : Any
Line requirements: 8 or more

Feel free to reply with comments or kudos as you wish. 

Questions?

[CRNDLSM]

The autopsy should show what killed this man,
tomorrow he will access the camera feed,
tonight he'll log reports and forge a plan.
For now he'll question Dave for any leads.

'Do you know if he had any hobbies?'
'i know that he'd spend weekends at the track 
and sometimes be hopped up on the job, he's 
an avid rock climber? When he came back

from prison though, I don't know.' Captain Mart-
in clicks his teeth, 'you've known him a long time
then?' 'Just what people talk about,' Dave starts
cracking his knuckles, witnessing a crime

has left him stressed out, aching for his bed.
All the answers raise more questions instead

[RiverNotch]

To win an election you
were poised to win regardless
might be worth a sigh
of relief, but nothing more:

triumph not until
the next election, too,
is sure, with all the liable
heads having rolled.

[dukealien]

In the Can


Let’s not spoil suspense
in spite of knowing this is episode
number five of thirteen in
season one.

The bush could pull out in his hand
and whirl away as Talent falls
a half-kilometer toward
(front-projected) stony river valley.

Don’t laugh, it could happen.

The life of Talent isn’t guaranteed:
a drunken car wreck, activation
of a morals clause could leave
Production happy they had shot

that scene with its dying fall
assuring Talent it was just
dream-sequence footage for
his scrapbook.  Out-takes.

Leaving Scripts to churn eight episodes
mourning Captain Steve’s untimely
fall from sound-stage cliff-side
or from grace.