A tightening black dress to caress her every curve A seat at the dinner table put on reserve Pearls that choke the circumference of her neck Her visage looking eerie and perplexed The cuisine before her: A delicious French dish Conversation at dinner was distinguished But she was lost in a pollutant of words Couldn’t speak; her tongue placed backwards She stared intently at the knife near the goblet She placed it at her throat, sliced it and bled She bled and her blood oozed onto her filet mignon The women at the table looked away & wore chignons One guest requested to try the red sauce on her grub It wasn’t red sauce; it wasn’t. It was fresh, red blood. Another guest gaped at her red stained pearls It wasn’t jewelry imported from Spain; it was blood. The last drop of blood soaked her dinner One guest commented on her figure, she’s getting thinner. She was gone. Her head dropped into her French cuisine. Guests resumed their talk; **the blood still unseen.
This poem is nod is modern society---the way we're only concerned with prestige, physical looks, and keeping up appearances that we neglect to acknowledge what really matters in life: compassion for others.