We’ve had a bit of a crime spree in our little town.
Thieves broke into my car last week.
Just what treasures do you imagine you’ll find in a twelve-year-old, hail-damaged beater?
Several people’s outbuildings were broken into as well.
It makes me wonder how stupid some people are.
What treasures do these criminals think they’ll find in sheds belonging to people dwelling in one of the poorest towns in the state?
A town consisting mostly of disabled and elderly citizens who can’t afford to live elsewhere.
Somehow, people always find a way to further reduce my faith in humanity.
dull-edged apathy
cruelty sharp like a knife
ice blue like curdled blood
notes
https://experiencewriting.com/2023/10/18/oct-18-prompts-fear-of-the-living-dead-trespasser/
The prompt asked participants to write their poem in the language of a police report in which the burglar or attacker was supernatural.
I wasn't up to doing that.
I wrote a good old Haibun about an incident that actually happened.
I used this prompt to inspire the Senryu at the end of the Haibun.
https://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.com/2012/11/carpe-diem-39-blue.html
I'm quite sure the idiots who broke into my car were garden-variety incarnate shitheads. I think a supernatural entity would be able to determine that nothing in my car is worth a damn.
If you'd like to read about tons of super-unnatural things, plus pirates, you need to check out C. L. Hart's Lovecraftian fantasy adventure, The Quest For Captain Sammy's Treasure.
http://books2read.com/PirateGold
The other stories in the anthology are good too. And contain pirates, of course.
