The Dragon Skin Coat

The Dragon Skin Coat


a flashlight danced like a match
in the cave of pillows and blankets

he traced the scales through
forest greens to the yellow eyes

finger dandruff snows where
darkness falls on unread words

he held his lungs in his heart
feeling the coarse recycled paper

the bookmark before the last
chapter far from the glossy cover

inside the dragon's lair his hero
waiting for imagination to read on





"The Writer's Cramp"  13+: Write the best story or poem in 24 hours or less and win 10,000 GPs!


Prompt: write a poem or story with the title The Dragon Skin Coat.


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