Week Three: human worm hunter deceit + next week's words

We know it's been a busy week for everyone, so thank you to those who did submit. We got some really good ones...


Slivers of light in the center of tornadoes.            (human)


bone bag
mouth trap
heavy mother
knife bearing friend             (human)


I can't be unhappy:
on a ferry
on a beach
at the all-you-can-drink milk stand                (human)


a jagged road like the torn edge of a page
leads to the golden massacre tree,
a gesticulation toward heaven          (human)


pull you apart
ten hearts
ten impossible deaths         (worm)


dancer in detritus              (worm)


elephant enraged at the ivory cargo           (hunter)


a lone woman
martinis klinking all around her
pile of arrows at her feet                 (huntress)


underbelly of a scarecrow
after a black-feathered feast                (deceit)


taste of theft, milk separated
from the breast                          (deceit)


when one season blows into the next
and a smile can be taken both ways
boxed up
or swept under              (deceit)


lunar burn to the softest part of the thigh.            (deceit)



And on to expanding our lexicon.....this week's words are:

silence        shell         lily        road

 

We hope everyone has a wonderful and productive week! Don't forget to send your submissions, up to 7 lines each, to inkandfamine@gmail.com.  See everyone in a few days!