Scylla was transformed by the witch Circe’s poison…
Your prompt is SCYLLA.
The unfortunate
Dog-maid, forced to feed her legs
On passing sailors
… into a woman with six dogs growing from her thighs.
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Kelp yelping. Human
Dog howling. Flesh-colored coughed-
Up kibble on shore.
Myths be deranged. Two rocks rose,
Change forms. Scylla/Charybdis dwell.
Demons to mariners demise.
Toss sailor’s ships frying pans
Into hells fire gate.