This week's "One Deep Breath" haiku prompt is to write a childhood memory in haiku. The one that came to mind was how my friends and I believed that barracudas lived in the storm drains on my street and it was always an exciting adventure to "feed the Barracudas".
Feeding the Barracudas
barracudas lurk
in the storm drains beneath
unsuspecting feet
insatiable fish
need a regular feeding
or else... disaster
we creep to the grate
careful to keep fingers clear
of monstrous jaws
offering tasty
pebbles, bark dust, and fruit cups
to the fish frenzy
wide eyed we look close
at flashing white teeth and tails
accepting our feast
we dart back, breathing
an enormous relieved sigh
counting our fingers...
5 comments:
Imagination is such a great thing! I love this - can't find a nit there. Giggled a little when the fingers were checked for missing pieces but a residue of fear remained with me! Nice post!
This is wonderful. So intense! God bless.
Writing in Faith
Fully delighftul! Thank you. (We used to believe that all the baby alligators bought as pets that got flushed down toilets grew to adults in the sewers and so we feared getting bitten on our butts. LOL!)
Such a vivid scene!
I especially love "or else... disaster"
this captures the immensity of feelings in childhood...
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