For the Sake of Lust

Hard shell left behind by a cicada. Eyes look like snake “leather.”

My latest creative work… Prompt was “feathery and/or leathery”

Feathery body
Lifts itself from danger’s way.
Wistful eyes follow.
Rocks and arrows
Bounce off leathery body.
Jealous eyes follow.
Quills protrude, thorns prick.
Stinger threatens, shell surrounds.
Electric eels stun.
We silly humans
Left those protections aside
For the sake of lust.
Shona Moonbeam
June 28, 2018
Who knows what these bugs are? But they are doing what they were made to do. Glorious lust, but short-lived.

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Shona

Engineering consultant by day, science fiction writer in off hours.

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