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A.P. Murphy's avatar

See in the mirror my features

how they fester, rot, and burst -

a pretty word, 'necrotize',

for such revealing

Honeygloom's avatar

Such a disturbing image! Necrotize is a really pretty word. Need to start a list of pretty science words for gross things…🖤

A.P. Murphy's avatar

Metastasis

A.P. Murphy's avatar

Smegma

Honeygloom's avatar

😂 Ok, making a list off line, I really do need to get some writing done.🤣

Songsterfunsterhamster's avatar

Skinnydip lover

You enter through a stillness

Take me from inside

Honeygloom's avatar

Oh man, this is so disturbing. Completely agree with Caro, so lovely and dark🖤

Songsterfunsterhamster's avatar

What can I say, Gloomster? I love these prompts - they bypass my tendency to overthink. Big big thanks to you and to A.P. Murphy for introducing me to them.

Honeygloom's avatar

I’m so glad you enjoy them! Definitely looking forward to all your future entries🖤

Caro Henry's avatar

Wow! This is horrible wrapped with lovely! Another good one, Doug.

Songsterfunsterhamster's avatar

Bless you, Caro. Many thanks!

David Perlmutter's avatar

Flesh eating bacteria is a real thing? Who knew?

Honeygloom's avatar

Wonders never cease 😅

Chris J. Franklin's avatar

It watches, and waits,

Poised to feast, without a care,

Go swim, if you dare... 😎

Honeygloom's avatar

Nice! Love the rhymes🖤

ClownWorld Shakespeare's avatar

Such hysteria

Over lil' bacteria

Easy to scare ya

Honeygloom's avatar

😂 But they eat flesh, my good clown, right off your body.

ClownWorld Shakespeare's avatar

It's really really really difficult to actually get a necrotizing disease.

Honeygloom's avatar

I know, I know, but it’s fun to think about.

Honeygloom's avatar

You may not have noticed, but I’m a little weird.

ClownWorld Shakespeare's avatar

Nah, just different.

Richbee's avatar

Sword of Damocles , Hollywood movie;

Hawaiian Vibrio vulnificus

Actors swim mid en scene

Bacteria bites. Out of fire world begun.

Toxic superfund cut. EPA, FDA wait.

PFAS drunk. HCP germ killer damage nerves

Flesh eating bacteria to respond

To consume. No time to waste.

Honeygloom's avatar

Woah, this is a story I need to know more about. Fascinating🖤

Richbee's avatar

All there to follow . . . Connect dots to create pictures.

Honeygloom's avatar

Ha! A treasure hunt!

Richbee's avatar

Much more than “The truth is out there”. Look at Super Fund (established 1980). Sites have not been cleaned. Toxicity continues. Wonder why cancer rates increase?