fingers
Creepy haiku; entry for Haunted Echoes challenge
cold unwanted kiss
at the the nape of my neck
belly: liquid ice
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I wanted to title this something different, but worried that my chosen title might cause problems entering the United States in the future so this is the new title. It's the greatest title. No one has ever written a title better than this. (All titles unrelated to content).
Let me be honest. I am finding this difficult. Now, I like a challenge, a stretch, a bit of an obstacle course. “Write about the decline of the British Empire in the form of a narrative poem in which your protagonist is an artichoke” I read, and flex my fingers. “Write a haiku to evoke the sensation of sibilance using only the first half of the alphabet.” “Well”, I think to myself, “this should be fun.” But “write about a system that isn’t working”? A system that isn’t working? Now? In 2026? ONE system? My favourite system that isn’t working? The sexiest system that isn’t working? The one giving me the most angst day to day? The one giving me the most existential dread? I am, as I say, finding this difficult. I will own that I have contemplated writing a thousand words on why the steady “all on” setting on my fairy lights is the EIGHTH of seven options which must be sequentially activated to get there, because that is a system that some fool came up with and it definitely doesn’t work, and now who is paying the price, eh? But how can I write about my fairy lights when…. When…. When….
By Hannah Moore6 days ago in Humans
Comments (12)
Oh dear god! 😳
Well-wrought! This would certainly freeze the innards!
Oh lord - suprisingly effective. I think we have all felt that.
That's a whole 'notha level of ickiness in the creepy, but you did it! Feels weird to "heart" something so "EWW," but "heart" I did. Certainly high time that Vocal diversified its reaction emoticons...
Oh this is chilling.
Omgggg, I actually felt that 😖😖😖😖
EW, this reminded me of a very specific moment where an guy that I did not know kissed me on the back of the neck while I was just standing and talked to other people. Heebie Jeebies for sure
Creepy indeed. Great haiku, LC!
Yikes! Belly liquid ice? I feel that and thanks for reading my neck creep too
Super duper chills with this one, LC; excellent work! I hate the thought of anything near my neck.😂
Nice one. It gives you chills.
Creepy, L.C! Excellent job!