Death, Cheated (2)

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Inspiration hits with a flash, stories written on the go. A rumble of laughter and the tale is heard only in echoes. The wind blows me in a new direction. Whom shall I visit next?


Story is marked as mature.

Perhaps, indeed, without his fell permission,

The rotting won't have started. I'll be still

In freshly-killed condition--insects all

Will have been turned away, to their confusion;

The moss and lichens hampered in their work,

The stomach acids still contained intact,

Unable to dissolve their fleshly jar.


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ElshaHawk LoA

ElshaHawk LoA

Grossness...but again, I think it interesting to ponder if Death missed a death.

  • #1807 Posted 6 years ago
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Inspired by (sequel to):

And when my time comes for a nat'ral death,

Some future era of our shared, shamed land,

I hope and f…

Death, Cheated (1)

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