Terrence McLean wrote this one for “The New Black” Weekly Challenge, but never got around to recording it.
Until now.
Looking across the room Raoul laugh at how absurd his brother looked
in the new outfit. For centuries his brother had instilled fear in
anyone who saw him in his long black cloak and carrying his scythe.
‘Do not look at me like that.’ His voice echoed in Raoul’s skull.
“You expect anyone to be frightened of you wearing that?”
‘Fear is your realm, not mine.’
“You have never been a slave to fashion. After all who’s a worn cloak
in more than a century?”
‘I thought it was time for an update. They say pink, is the new black.’