The Friday Reminder and Prompt for #SoCS May 29, 2021

It is Saturday and again it’s time for Stream of Consciousness Saturday. Our host LindaGHill said:
Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “collect.” Use the word “collect” any way you’d like. Have fun!

The Collecter.

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For  the longest  time  the child  had  collected bones  and dead insects.

Body parts she  cut  from animals  so  she could learn  how  they  worked .

Not  dead  animals  the  organs  had  to  be alive  and pumping

Warm and  growing,  breathing , flowing.

It  had  started  with  a bone  collection  but  she had  needed  to have  more knowledge.

She  collected  spiders  and  insects  from the hedge .

Soon  cats and  dogs went  missing , they’d disappear?

Her  mother shut  her eyes  to what  she guessed, keeping  silent her fear.

The  child  spent  less and  less  time  at home

She  preferred to be in the woods foraging  on her  own.

Then  the odd  baby   disappeared  from  it’s cot

The  need  for  learning   was  all that mattered  to  the swot.

One  day  she was gone,  she  did not  return home

The  child  had  decided  it  was time  to roam.

With  necklaces of  eyes  and  ears  and trinkets  made of  bone

She traveled  the world  her  skills to  practice  and hone.

bone collector.

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 Lock  your  windows , close  your  doors

She  is out  there  crossing  fields  and  moors

She is  bigger now  and  stronger

Only  harvests  what  she needs, keeps her donors  alive  longer

What  made  the child want  to  collect this  way

The  thirst  for  knowledge  one  might  say.

Or  maybe  pure  evil invaded  her  whole

She  was  such a  beauty  in  body  but not in soul.

Beware  when out on  day or  night

Beware  those eyes  so angelic  a sight .

Run from the clink of bone and tooth

She  will not  spare  you  and  that is  the truth!

She is only out to collect

So lock your doors and your loved ones protect.

Badge by Shelley Krupa.

35 Comments (+add yours?)

  1. John Holton
    May 29, 2021 @ 13:03:22

    A magnum opus!

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  2. pensitivity101
    May 29, 2021 @ 13:31:58

    Excellent Willow. Creepy!

    Reply

  3. Shweta Suresh
    May 29, 2021 @ 13:33:19

    Yikes. A very chilling take, willow!

    Reply

  4. Sadje
    May 29, 2021 @ 14:58:14

    A gruesome story

    Reply

  5. robertawrites235681907
    May 29, 2021 @ 17:08:25

    This is a terrific poem, Willow.

    Reply

  6. Deborah Drucker
    May 29, 2021 @ 19:15:03

    Yikes. It reminds me of some of the crime series I have watched recently. She’s a scary girl. The poem is like a song some old time country folks might sing on a cold, dark, winter night.

    Reply

  7. Maggie
    May 29, 2021 @ 21:00:58

    Great imagery and a little twist on the quest for knowledge.

    Reply

  8. lssattitudeofgratitude
    May 29, 2021 @ 21:46:52

    I think I’d rather never get to meet her. Great job Willow.

    Reply

  9. Dale
    May 30, 2021 @ 01:28:44

    Jeez Louise!! What wicked ideas you have!
    Excellent!

    Reply

  10. Chel Owens
    May 30, 2021 @ 02:13:35

    Willow! Wow!

    Reply

  11. Ritu
    May 30, 2021 @ 16:43:46

    Really well done, Sis!

    Reply

  12. Gary A Wilson
    May 27, 2022 @ 13:25:04

    Hi Willow,
    This is one strange and very clever image. Dark, but so well written.
    You shared the link to this with me (thanks) and I left one piece of feedback for you there.
    I lack the poetry gene but you have a mastery of both meter and word use that I doubt I’ll ever reach. I have to work extra hard to read and “get” poetry but this was a fun read. You broke through to one normally deaf to poems.

    Reply

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