Challenge
Movies: A scene that stayed with you long after you watched it.
Psycho (the movie)
Slashing knife
slits shower curtain
blood spatters on walls
streaks in arterial bursts
washes down the drain
of no return.
Bloodcurdling screams
Marion is dead
she wasn’t untainted
but didn’t deserve
ultimate bloodletting.
Killer wearing a dress
cleans up the mess
disposes of the body.
Mother, you can watch!
But mother is
mummified corpse,
rocking in her chair
hidden in the attic.
Norman is permanently
trapped in Mother’s persona
split between mother and son.
Scene stays in my mind
source of nightmares
I couldn’t take shower
for over a month!
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