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Erotica Horribilis
“I just wanted to test myself, to see if I could
overcome the dire situation I was headed toward.”
--Timothy Treadwell
Though he
was in shock,
he could clearly
hear the terrible
crunch as
bear 141,
a rogue grizzly,
bit his left leg off
at the knee.
It happened
in slow motion--
after thirteen summers
in Alaska,
he was being
devoured alive.
Death
had
teeth.
Glenn Buttkus
Posted over at dVerse Poets Pub Q44
10 comments:
Oh, Glenn.
"Death had teeth" is brilliant. The pacing of this is just perfect.
This is brilliant --- what you did with the title, the bear metaphor. I am bowing to your brain right now.
Ouch... yes I heard that story. I can not even imagine the sense in being eaten alive. Teeth definitely brings death.
I should have made dentures for this grizzly. .... the ending would have been different. More's the pity!😉
A good reason to avoid bears or take precautions.
Dude.
I can think of few deaths that would be worse than being slowly eaten alive.
Mess with the grizzly and you will def get the teeth.
Yikes, that is some deadly and grissly ending ~
Good grief almighty!
Until I read Bjorn's comment, I did not realise your words were of a actual event.
Further reading has led my blood to run cold. What a terrible death.
Anna
Love, love your take on this prompt. So well done.
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