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"I can't believe I did it,

The nasty deed I'd done,

I was so scared,

Had to tell someone.

I told him to leave,

But he said no,

I was really angry,

I felt really low.

I didn't mean to,

I didn't want to,

I really didn't,

You believe me don't you?

I pulled the trigger,

It was out of my control,

I really killed him,

I took his soul.

I can hear the headlines now:

Death of a salesman,

I didn't mean to,

I've commited a sin.

Oh God, oh why,

Please don't hurt me,

I'm a good guy,

Can't you see?

It was an accident,

I didn't mean to,

I swear I didn't,

Please don't kill me too."

The two police guards walked out of the interagation room. I was scared. I killed a salesman. I hoped they believe me. Well, what do you think? You think I wanted to kill him. I didn't! No! No! No!

"What the hell's he doing?" the guard asked.

"Beats me. Maybe the rubber walls have got to him." the other guard said.

"Maybe. Asylums can do freaky things to people. I can't believe he wrote a poem about what happened!" the first guard said.

"Well, he's really sick in the head. A salesman was across the street at another house, and this freak just comes up to him and shoots him, for no reason!"

"Holy ****."

"Well, let's get outta here. Our shift's over. I'm tired of watchin this sick ****."

The two guards left.

The man who killed the salesman freed himself from the stray jacket, a trick he learnt from his brother who was in prison, and pulled out a newspaper clipping which he had somehow snuck in. He read the headline aloud:

"Death of a Salesman."

Keyword: Death of a Salesman

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Posted by R.E.Potter 2008-03-03 18:03:02 ,,, you started out telling the story in first person, but then finish a bit different. made it fore a wierd read. + Report this comment
Posted by tarhead 2008-03-03 23:37:36 i have to say I got a little lost trying to figure out where you were going... i + Report this comment
Posted by wbboomer 2008-03-04 13:29:58 Whoops! Well, the guy is reading aloud a poem on what he did, then it's in his perspective. Then the perspective is of the author. I know it's hard to understand, but plenty of authors write stories like this where the perspectives change, so I thought that I'd do just that... + Report this comment

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