Horror Haiku Club Prompt
March 1 - Basilisk
In Classical Mythology, the basilisk was a fire breathing serpent king.
Your prompt is BASILISK.
Malodorous breath
Seeps from a cave of scorched earth
Cracked mirror, my shield
During the medieval era, it turned chicken.
Needles pierce hot, red,
Sizzling in flesh. It waits
While its venom burns.
Snake escaped Gotham…
and LA, but no one gets…
out of here alive