Seeping Scarlet Screams

Slithering,

Slick,

Snaking vines scrape floorboards,

Scented petals

snap leafy pads softly through

scrawny hallways

sloppily laden shelves crash shrilly

as twisting shoots

and extended spikes

slink under shut doorway,

over ripping slippers,

socks, shirts

stitching torn

onto sheets

Along ankles arms appendages:

Serrated.

Seeping.

Scarlet.

Screams.

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Carin Marais suggested I write a short story about Homicidal Red Roses and my last poem I wrote I’d wanted to turn into an alliterative poem. The two joined forces and Ta-Da!

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