"To #allay your fears, nobody'll even notice." The rogue waved at the packed tavern.
The barbarian pouted. "So why d'you want me to?"
The wizard frowned. "Well..."
"For fun! Just #sashay round a bit. And I'll buy the next round."
"But..."
The barbarian stood. "One #foray only."
As he staggered about, the rogue grinned. "What's the worst that could happen, eh?"
The wizard gulped. "He accidentally summons a demon?"
An ice-cold wind cut through the room.
I misplaced my soul. The world grew ugly, uglier, hurtful. Constant pressure on skin. Deep plunged into the bruising bullshit of how easily we forget to be human.
Only tears. A weight of them barricaded behind eyelids. Wasted energy, like a dam built without turbines, built to fail. What will drown, further down the valley, if I release the flood?
Somewhere there's a clean pocket of air. A gasp of time, clean, enough to begin again from. A salve, a slow antidote.
I wait.
#MastoPrompt #allay
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Who could have dared to say
That heart's sore fear allay
Would be to work in clay?
VULTURES
We cannot see the horizon today.
The fog lies heavy this side of the
Boundary, and joy is beyond
The reach of our eyes. We can find
Nothing to allay this sense of dull
Foreboding that hangs in the air
While the vultures gather in human
Form to bend and twist the carcass
Of the world even more out of its
Chosen shape, and bleed it dry.
let me allay that
disquieting emotion
you are loved, always
The #MastoPrompt for Monday 13 January 2025 is:
The poem or story can include the prompt word or be about the prompt word.
@ me, if you like, or just include the #MastoPrompt tag (to allow people to follow or filter their feeds), or keep your work to yourself - all the options are good as long as you're writing.
If you're including an image please do include alt-text if you’re able to.
#Writing #SmallPoem #Poetry #Fiction #MicroFiction #SmallStories
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