Watch Your Asp: A Reverse Cinquain

Written for Crispina’s Crimson’s
Creative Challenge Pic #4 and
Esther’s Writing Prompts – ‘snake’

crisp leaves
painted in gold
resting beneath the shade
a gilded trap hides lethal fangs
vile snake
rustle
a flash of scales among the bract
striking without a sound
venom takes hold
you’re dead

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This is “Snakes in the Grass” by Dolly Parton

Crimson’s Creative Challenge #111

Writing Prompts

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