Horror Haiku Club Prompt
March 11 - Gladiator
Roman editors organized gladiatorial fights.
Your prompt is GLADIATOR.
The heavy blade falls
Two wounded men stand bleeding
And watch the turned thumb
Editors indicated which gladiators should live or die, with a turned thumb.
At the whim of crowds
We who are about to die
Will kill or be killed
Today, triumphant
Ever-twilit life extends
Impending midnight