Challenge Ended
Snake in the Grass
Use unusual word choices, imagery or physical motion. Can be a real snake or a sneaky, slimy, sleazy petulant person. Go wild and go bold! Poems or Prose.
Ended May 7, 2018 • 17 Entries • Created by sandflea68
Challenge
Snake in the Grass
Use unusual word choices, imagery or physical motion. Can be a real snake or a sneaky, slimy, sleazy petulant person. Go wild and go bold! Poems or Prose.
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Grass Not Needed To Find One
Calm, yet bold.
Cautious, yet deadly.
One slithers,
one plans deceit.
One survives.
One never dies.
One forages for food,
one preys on innocence.
One can kill,
one ruins lives.
One adapts to natue,
one adapts to self-need.
One commits no human crime,
one is without human emotion.
Does one know the concept of love?
One laughs at its very concept.
One will one day die,
one lives on forever.
... and the one who slithers into your life,
... is the midnight madness of your mind.
Danceinsilence
@sandflea68 ... I gave this no real thought. Saw the challenge and this is what came to life 8=)
Danceinsilence
@anarosewood ... @Mnezz ... @MsH ... @chainedinshadow
sandflea68
This is wonderful! I just love your comparisons and then the ending changes the whole thing! Terrific job!
Danceinsilence
Thanks @sandflea68 ... honestly, I wasn't sure where this was going when I started. 8=)
Mavia
I love this and all the turns that slipped through your thought @Danceinsilence ...something so menacing in the repetition of One... I was truly creeped... I suppose that would be apt for a spur of the moment psychological write :) ♡ M
Mavia
Really nicely done!
Danceinsilence
@CreativeChaos ... thanks for the like ... 8=)
Danceinsilence
Thanks for that. Many dangerous things out in the world, but the most dangerous of all is the self gone wrong. Appreciate you 8=)
Mavia
The self gone wrong! ...so true :o M
Danceinsilence
Thanks for the like @LoneGirl and @KennthWhite ... 8=)
Danceinsilence
@Travis_Liebert and @Ankush ... thanks for the likes 8=)
Danceinsilence
Thanks for the like @appu ... 8=)
Danceinsilence
Thanks for the likes and re-posts @sandflea68 and @MsH ... 8=)
Mnezz
Ssss, slithering snakes. 0_0 Seeing the image/pic is already giving me a shiver of chills in my bones/spine. Nice work @Danceinsilence. :)
Danceinsilence
Thanks @Mnezz 8=) Appreciate it. But keep in mind, some snakes use two legs. And thanks for the like and re-post 8=)
Danceinsilence
@Harry_Situation ... thanks for the like ... 8=)
Harry_Situation
I absolutely love snakes. Not the people variety. The animal. I picked up my garter snake when I was 5 years old. Scared my mom half to death. Ha ha, good times.
Danceinsilence
@Harry_Situation, reminds me when I put a garter snake in my mom's bed. She freaked and I was grounded for the whole summer. 8=)
Danceinsilence
@JamieAshworth ... thanks for the like 8=)
Danceinsilence
Thanks for the like @Vyxyn ... 8=)
Danceinsilence
@randomgirl ... thanks for the like ... 8=)
Vyxyn
I once brought a hog nosed snake in the house wrapped around my arm, my mother all about killed me where I stood! Lmao! But I would have made a mess on the carpet so instead she said “ YOUNG LADIES DONT BRANG SNAKES INSIDE THE HOUSE!”
Danceinsilence
That's funny @Vyxyn 8=)
Danceinsilence
Thanks for the like @TheCaptainsWife ... 8=)
BonnieBoo
Brilliant!
Danceinsilence
Thank you @BonnieBoo and thanks for the like ... 8=)
Danceinsilence
@DellaMetcalf
Danceinsilence
@Tyla
Danceinsilence
RThank you for the like @Tyla 8=)
Tyla
u welcome such a great write and thank u for tagging me :) @danceinsilence
Danceinsilence
Most welcome @Tyla and thanks again 8=)
sandflea68
Congratulations for winning this challenge. This was a great entry!
Danceinsilence
@sandflea68 ... you won ... grinning
sandflea68
You had 17 likes, I only had 16. You won as you should have!
Danceinsilence
@sandflea68 ... that extra like came after it was over 8=)
Danceinsilence
Thanks for the like @Yuki ... looks like yer in the time-traveling wayback machine on this one ... 8=)
Yuki
@DanceinsilenceYou're welcome... I was randomly scrolling on prose when I came across this. Can't believe I just read it now. I love the way you structured with the side by side comparisons and the ending! Amazing. ^^
Danceinsilence
@Yuki ... Thanks so much ... this was one of those random thought pieces I had on the spot when looking at the challenge ... 8=)
Yuki
@Danceinsilence. ^^