Halloween thunder.
Under boards, slashed bodies stacked
Code eight. Children stare.
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Matthew J. Fromm
Full-time nerd, history enthusiast, and proprietor of arcane knowledge.
Here there be dragons, knights, castles, and quests (plus the occasional dose of absurdity).
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War made for odd couples. To Private Jim Mclellan, Sepp seemed a good man; better at least than some of the monsters he heard stories of deeper into the Reich. Real monsters. This Sepp almost reminded Jim of his uncle; the one from Wisconsin he met a few times at Weddings.
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Comments (20)
Oooh, this is solid. Definitely reminds me of that tom waits song don’t know the title, but the lyrics are “what’s he doing in there” Definitely created a disturbing mood here
Monstrous and unsettling in just 11 words. Well played, my pal!
Ooooh, this brought shivers. Reminds me of John Wayne Gacy.
Of course, they stare. They knew the weird neighbor was a monster all along. Great haiku, Matt
Children in danger is always horrifying
Ouch!! Not my kind of neighbour, but my kind of Senryu!
Oooohhhhh this is a solid one!
Ooooh, that is chilling. I think my subconscious went to Silence of the Lambs with "bodies stacked." But does that really make sense? I don't think so, but that's what happened, lol. Great spooky haiku!
A very packful and intense haiku.
😮 Duuurn! There's a lot going on in those few little words. You sure know how to pack a punch!
Nicely Slashed 🔪🩸😵haha😂📝
Code eight is a nice touch! Great work.
Oooo, I love those slashed bodies under the boards! I enjoyed your Haiku very much!
Chilling!!
That was a lot of creepy in not a lot of syllables!! 🫣🫣🫣🫣
I’ve never been creeped out by a haiku before, but you’ve definitely done it here. Well done.
Very interesting way of playing out a story in a haiku, without sacrificing at all the instantaneous image. Creepy.
Yeah, this speaks of a slasher thriller. Too bad the bodies were buried deep enough to be pushing up daisies. I wonder if they were alerted by the smell of rotting decay.
Perfect for Halloween season! Bravo, Matthew 💕😊
Well, I can't say, "Nice one," but it's damn good!