Written for: Poets and Storytellers United Weekly Scribblings #57: Let Us Write (together) (posted by Magaly) "For today’s prompt, I’m sharing three of my blackout poems and inviting you to write new prose or poetry which uses one (or all 3) of the poems as inspiration. You may choose to use the exact words, or not."



She wanted to dance
zig-zag patterns
of the constellations.
Longed to spread
her wings like petals
of peonies opening
in a sunburst.
So in love, she failed
to recognize
the lurking monster
behind her.
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Ooh, a sudden ominous twist after all that joyousness. Nicely done.
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Thanks, Rosemary. You just never know.
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Scary… One should never get too involved to see what’s there.
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There be Monsters!
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