A 'Ripper' by Any Other Name (at the request of a friend)

hey, Cleo, thanks for great comment, I'm not a fan of dark writes, and I'm not very good at writing them, wanted to challenge myself, don't enjoy writing or reading them, but I'm oddly fascinated with the Jack the Ripper story, bit of a contradiction, I know, lol....cheers pal  

Rock, thanks man, and please go ahead and do the one you planned, I have read a few books on the Ripper as well, and seen many documentaries as well....you'll make me feel terrible if you don't write your Ripper one, this poem ain't that good, and even if it was it's a poetry site, so writing on the same topic will happen, I'm looking forward to reading your Ripper poem, I may not like dark writes but I enjoy dark stories, once in a while, cheers, pal.... 

thanks for your insightful comment, sis Cherie, I think I've only ever written one other poem about serial killers, my first on the Ripper, very disturbing but his story is unique, not sure who he was, but most so called 'experts' believe it was a man named Aaron Kosminski, although he was never charged, he was committed to an asylum and the murders stopped,  there were five murders in a 12 week span in Whitechapel, 1888, it really was a horrible place to live, over-crowded with lots and lots of crime, the Ripper murders spawned many copy-cat murders....the famous letters that the Ripper sent to the newspapers, most 'experts' believe were sent by a newspaper journalist of the day, to sensationalize the crimes, they believe the Ripper never actually sent those letters, but who really knows anything for sure, the story is wrapped in mystery, but still fascinates....cheers, have great evening

thanks, Flower, and I apologise for not responding to your comment earlier.... lol, I found it odd that you describe it as a 'tribute' omg, it's not really a tribute, was talking to a friend about not posting anything for a while, so I waited for something to come in the wind and this oddball came, I was reading an article on Jack the Ripper a few weeks ago, guess it was on the mind.... it's not Annabelle Lee, that's for sure, but I haven't written too many dark ones,  I get bored to my toenails with repetition, it is different, at least for me, so wtf, I posted it, hey glad you liked, yes I agree, it's creepy, good description for this one, lol....cheers Flower 

Why thank you, Amber, and right back to ya, have great day...cheers

great comment, Jeremy, thanks a ton,  and I really do enjoy trying to figure people out, it is kind of an unusual hobby,

and as far as writing about someone like The Ripper, I suspect that it was Aaron Kosminski, just an ordinary joe with anger issues, probably psychotic, if am not mistaken, he was a butcher; quite ordinary and when he was committed to an asylum, and the murders stopped, (not counting the copycats) made a lot of money for tourism in Whitechapel, London, they have daily tours of the murder sites, it all says more about society than the ripper, we seem to want to make familiar the things we fear most, just a theory.  

 thank you for saying that I may have the makings of a  'Behavioral
Evidence Analyst', that is quite flattering, most people are really not that complicated, but who am I to judge?  You can never really 'know' anyone fully unless they turn themselves into stereotypes, perhaps then you can..... hey thanks for the  author references, I will check them out, work has me handcuffed for the time being, but I will try, hope all is well,

always good to exchange words with you, my friend....have great day, or night

Jai, get over here!  let me give you a bear-hug, such a sweet comment; but don't get 'soft' on me, big guy; I'm touched....and let's be serious, this twisted walk on the dark side in no ways compares to your micro-bikini poems, they are the freaking best; not even kidding, love from Chris