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Thursday, October 25, 2018

Monster of the Ghostly Shore




He is an upright monster
who doesn’t know he is a beast.
He devours all in his path,
cares not the price tag of his feast.

His thoughts are tormented
as he walks the ghostly shore.
He knows only one word:
“More. And More. And More.”

Under his footprints,
ecosystems collapse
and species go extinct.
Beings tremble at his passing,
and are gone in a blink.

The locals think the nightly wails
are his grievous sighs,
but it’s the sound of all things dying,
that we hear; their mournful cries.

His song : “I Can’t Get No
Satisfaction,” ‘cause there
never is Enough.
He fears the Others might unseat him
so he blusters extra tough.

He treads the shore wearing
the ball and chain of his desire
and nothing more.
He is immune to reason and to plan.
He is the species known as Man.


For Isy’s  prompt at Out of Standard at Real Toads: to write about a monster. The most destructive one, to me, is man.

10 comments:

  1. Wow, great take on the prompt, and an apt song choice.

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  2. Anthropologists say the closer the eyes are set to the nose, the more dangerous is the predator. Man's eyes are set closer than other predator.

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  3. That is interesting, Toni. We have certainly proved ourselves so.

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  4. As always, there's a clever story here. I loved this from beginning to end. Viva la and thanks for posting.

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  5. An excellent read. Sherry. I guess you are right in your ending. Until then I was thinking of a to-be-named force of nature. The Rolling Stones song, “I Can’t Get No Satisfaction,” is one of my favorites.
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  6. Excellent Sherry, yes we did choose the same theme for this post. It is easy choosing mankind as the fool in the game!

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  7. A brilliant twist, Sherry. Humans don't recognise how beastly and dissatisfied they are.

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  8. Alas... and we are all to blame (more or less)... the worst monster is always behind the mirror.

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  9. Excellent take on this, Sherry. This monster is far more frightening ad destructive.

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  10. This is fabulous, Sherry. You really rocked the prompt.

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