CARNIVOROUS PLANTS



Carnivorous plants
Moss-like fiends that wrap around
Anything within reach,
Grabbing human prey, they suck
Out life fluids like vampires.

Hair-thin filaments
Of a sentient plant life,
Reaching out toward
Their prey just like tentacles,
To grasp them and strangle them.

Leeching flesh away
From screaming victims’ bodies,
Remains suspended
Dangling, gleaming skeletons
A warning to passers-by.

THE END
© Copyright 2021, Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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Carnivorous plants Moss-like fiends that wrap around Anything within reach,

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Written on February 16, 2009

Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on June 26, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Words 67
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 5, 5, 5, 3

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