Ancestors

Toot

Written by Steven Cudahy on 2025-01-18 at 10:30

The #MastoPrompt for Saturday 18 January 2025 is:

[#]salt

The poem or story can include the prompt word or be about the prompt word.

@ me, if you like, or just include the #MastoPrompt tag (to allow people to follow or filter their feeds), or keep your work to yourself - all the options are good as long as you're writing.

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[#]Writing #SmallPoem #Poetry #Fiction #MicroFiction #SmallStories

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Descendants

Written by Richard Pierce on 2025-01-18 at 18:39

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SUNLESS

For want of the sun,

Her lips are salt, dry and

Split, her skin the same,

As nature protests at the

Excesses of men. Although

She has buried many of them,

It hasn’t been enough, even

As her stomach swells with

A woman’s endeavour. Her

Exhaustion won’t stop her

From finding more lambs

To sacrifice to the light

Behind the mist, lambs

On two legs who believe

They are really wolves.

[#]MastoPrompt #Poetry #SmallPoem #Poem #Writing #Salt

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