The Ladies of Horror
Picture-Prompt Writing Challenge!
Piece
by Alyson Faye
Succulent
luscious
ripened to perfection,
ripped from the maternal pouch.
Let them settle
nestle
wrestle,
in your gut,
grow tendrils –
pink pastels
fuschia fronds
lilac leaves –
a forest of ferns
inside your bowel
bustling with bouquets,
a breeding swamp
of lush tasty spawn
ready to be harvested . . .
and added to the menu.
Fiction © Copyright Alyson Faye
Image courtesy of Pixabay.com
More from Alyson Faye:
The Lost Girl & Spindleshanks
The Lost Girl
A nailed-up door. An inheritance which comes with a ghost. A missing girl. A fifty-year-old mystery. Parapsychologist Berkley Osgood is hired to investigate. What he uncovers reveals secrets the living want to hide and the dead will never forgive.
Spindleshanks
Adam is having nightmares about a skeletal shadow figure, who he calls Spindleshanks. Soon his whole class are sharing the same nightmare. Adam’s dad, Rob, knows that Spindleshanks can’t be real. But is he? One terrible night Rob has to face his son’s nightmare creature and fight for his son’s life. What would you sacrifice to have your child back safe?
“A decent two-for-one. Alyson Faye brings the engaging and eerie in equal measure.” CC Adams – horror / dark fiction author
Good imagery/imagination plus!
Love the form of this poem – despite the short, snappy lines the alliteration gives the intriguing imagery a wonderful flow.
Wonderfully creepy.