Read one of the 131,514 stories from our 20,006 authors

  • Sign in / Sign up
  • Find ABCtales on Facebook
  • Follow ABCtales on Twitter
Home
  • Home
  • Read
  • Write
  • Forums
  • Blogs

Triptych

Cherry

By torscot

Sun, 11 Feb 2018
  • 396 reads
1 likes
 

 

three soiled 

and torn mattresses

crumpled against a wall

 

a triptych 

of bedsit DNA 

awaiting incineration 

 

ethnic cleansing 

the stains of humanity

a forensic nightmare 

 

to decipher those 

who passed through 

on a journey to nowhere

 

 

Certificate 18
Non-fiction
Other Non-fiction
Facebook Twitter 
  • Log in to post comments

Search form

Type of tale

Type of tale

Biography
Non-fiction
Other
Poem
Poetry Monthly
Story

Genre

Autobiography
Biography
Children's
Crime
Drama
Erotica
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Horror
Humour
Inspiration Point (work that responds to our weekly writing cue)
Journal
Love
Miscellaneous
Nature
Opinion
Other Fiction
Other Non-fiction
Philosophy
Quotations
Rant
Reviews
Romance
Science fiction
Spiritual
Surreal
Talecatching
Travel
Unclassified
Western
Young Writers

Read

  • New
  • Cherrypicked
  • News and Features
  • Inspiration point (IP)
  • Competitions
  • Great feedback
  • Picks of the Month
  • Authors you follow
  • My bookmarked stories

New forum topics

  • Hello.
  • Northern Gravy Live at Home with Toria Garbutt and Roy
  • christmas/zoom
  • scotland
  • Crustacea - Reviews
More

New blog posts

  • Luzzu, BBC 4, BBC iPlayer, written and directed by Alex Camilleri.
  • THE AVENGING ANGELS
  • Story and Poem of the Week and Inspiration Point
  • Scotland 2—0 Spain.
  • WISDOM OF EVERYMAN
More

About us

  • About Us
  • FAQ
  • Meet the team
  • Contact us

legal

  • Terms of use
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookies

Help keep this site free! Please click the button to donate to ABCtales.com

© Copyright 2000-2007 Burgeon Creative Ideas Ltd, and the members of ABCtales.com. All rights reserved.