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Joker Passed

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There's an empty cell in Arkham today.
I pushed the door open, let it swing.
The hinges creaked, then silence.
There was no laughter in the stone.
The bed was quiet.
The light, of course, would betray nothing.
I took one step in, kept my eyes on his window.
So, this is what he saw as he died.
Gotham, spread like cancer, interrupted by bars.
The sky was violet like his shirt.
I popped the collar against the damp and drew
my breath deep.
It still smelled like him, like blood, like sex,
like violence.
There'd never be another him.
People wept with joy.
I just wept.
The night was pockmarked with car horns, barks,
sirens.
But it was a face he had loved.
I had much to learn.
There's an empty cell in Arkham today.
Written 3/1/11 when I was very sick.

Heath Ledger, no one did crazy like you did.
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XxRevolutionaryxX's avatar
Really, really good. It opened an entirely new ...thing! in my brain, i never thought in a way like this about the joker or any other "villain" for that matter. I respect you so much for this!!!