Taking the PPC4 - 52 Weeks of Poetry

Prompt 36 (1st April 2024)

'consider'

consider
he hid her
underneath the floorboards of his grocery shop
so none of us could find her though we searched non-stop
doesn't sound the sort of thing an innocent would do
it certainly wouldn't occur to me or you
so guilty
he will be

Form: TIGERJADE
Created by Jacqueline Sturge

8 lines

Syllable Count per line: 3-3-12-12-12-12-3-3
Rhyming Scheme: a-a-b-b-c-c-d-d