“London, 1888” by Bhupin Butaney


Sit young girl to hear a horrid tale of macabre murder.
The day is dim and dank, inviting morbid death.

A wispily figure in grey has fled the macabre murder,
as flies feast upon morbid death.

A distant throng soon formed around the macabre murder,
indulging fantasies of morbid death.

Watson and Holmes arrived at the macabre murder,
examining this dingy scene of morbid death.

This was the fifth such macabre murder,
where viscera were seen extracted, causing morbid death.

Watson asked Holmes his thoughts on the macabre murder,
“a doctor,” Holmes replied, “did orchestrate this morbid death.”

But no doctor was found near the macabre murder,
to extract intestines causing morbid death.

“How did you hear,” asked she, “of these macabre murders?”
“How did you come by details of these morbid deaths?”

My name is J. Ripper, M.D.
Come now, today is the sixth!


Bhupin Butaney currently teaches and practices Psychology. His poetry tends to explore human experience and meaning through a distinct psychological lens, often reflecting an inner strife or conflict working to resolve itself. Though there is often an emotional core in each of his works, his poems often appeal to the intellect and imagination.