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 Barracudasbarracudas 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...