A Lick Of Fate

April 15, 2009

in Horror,Poems

by Jodi MacArthur

Blue skies

Thick forest

Tall skinny trees

Long lofty grass

Colossal prehistoric frogs

Lying in wait like alligators

Huge eyes watching

Sticky tongues furled

Waiting

For my next move.

About the Author

Jodi is a Seattle author, exiled to deep southern Texas, and hoping to write her way back to the Pacific Northwest. In her spare time, she twitters at her beloved finches, Edgar and Emily, and drinks coffee – but never at the same time. Her short stories have been published at Six Sentences, and forthcoming in Yellow Mama’s Halloween edition

©2009 Jodi MacArthur