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#HorrorHaikuesday
Shining star goddess,
She grasps the Sun, twists and cracks;
Such a pretty flare!
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His breathing stopped, & there was an unmistakable dry rattle. The nurse looked me in the eye, checking his neck for a pulse, then shook her head sadly. I'd known this was coming, & thought I'd steeled myself against the tears. I was wrong. But maybe it was OK to cry now.
#HorrorHaikuesday
Once, our love was brief.
Now, we bask forever in
Nuclear afterglow
#HorrorHaikuesday
"What big eyes you have!"
"All the better to witness
Terrors yet to come."
#HorrorHaikuesday
Out in the corn fields
The Goddess of the Harvest
Took what she was due.
#HorrorHaikuesday
She says her prayers
Beneath an unseeing eye,
But something answers.
#HorrorHaikuesday
"You want your child back?"
Asked the Under-Dweller, shocked,
"What of our bargain?"
#HorrorHaikuesday
"Don't kill it, " she screamed.
"Just catch it in a tissue,
Throw it out the door."