This Creature Tanka

This Creature Tanka

This creature is crawling viscera, leaving behind itself a trail of gastric acid & liquid poop that it turns back often to lick up, crooning with pleasure.

Its mouth, which is half its body, lets out an endless drone of not quite words that numbs the brain of whoever hears it.

It moves so slowly that it looks like it’s wobbling in place, but it never stops when it’s chasing its chosen prey.

It’s a timid predator that mostly targets the weak & defenseless, but nobody’s safe.

You summoned it against your enemies & now it will suck your bones clean, then crack them open for the marrow.

— Sturgis Giteau
10/20/25

Halloween Day 20