These Are My JOTtings, Part #2

Haibun: "A Halloween from Hell"

The trio of wards skitter down the driveway as Dad fumbles with the key in the lock, desperate to keep up. Locked! Turning on a dime, he trips on the bottom step, feeling a pinch in his chest, falling face-first into the mud. Lights out, pungent, acrid smoke alarm the fumbling parent. "Where are they? Where am I? Stop biting me!" Dozens of worms gnaw his flesh. "Where did I land?"

darkness blankets sense
deathly hollows of the mind
nevermore the same

by Jay O’Toole
on October 31st, 2024