look behind you
follow the leader
I’m leaning over
there are lollipops
I have the littlest frown
I see you!
Look #children #atozchallenge
Tag: L
Lions and …. Monkeys “Oh My” #uganda #atozchallenge
“Here kitty kitty”
I whisper from my seat
looking very un-edible
I don’t rise to my feet
I can hear her breathe
she waits still for her prey
her whiskers flick
not staying to play
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Monkeys watch from the road
they will jump on your car
if you aren’t careful
they’ll be nearer than far
We enjoyed being a few feet away from the lioness. I was glad we were in a very large truck.
We were told not to provoke the monkeys (small and large). From our boat, we watched a group of tourists (where we had been earlier in the day) being circled by baboons.
I continue to enjoy the A to Z challenge tho I got behind because of travel.
Photo of the lioness taken by my friend and host John Pipes.
“L” Lust by Matt Harrill
The hawk-eyed man watched them cross the room while he toyed with the woman he had chosen in his dance of lust. The couple had fallen from his spell, their faces scared, the clarity of the alien situation thrust upon them. He realized he himself had become caught up in the moment, and regretted his momentary lapse of concentration. From across the room, a woman alone smiled at him, oblivious to the carnal riot going on around her.
“You never could concentrate on the task at hand, Asmodeus,” she purred, her voice no louder than a whisper yet attuned to his hearing
He smiled and continued administering kisses to the blonde woman he had chosen for his toy. They would be out of sight, but they could never escape him. In between kisses, his teeth grew to needle points, and, with a fierce bite, he ripped her throat out. She dropped to the floor, too overcome by lust to have even registered her peril. Her last thoughts of a lovers’ embrace, her loins tight with anticipation. Nobody in the room noticed.
“All in good time, Belphegor. All in good time.”
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Today is the last day I will be featuring excerpts from Matt Harrill’s novel Hellbounce from the Arc Chronicles. Leave a comment and you name goes in the “hat” for a book giveaway.
Matt Harrill is the author of the trilogy The Arc Chronicles.
Matthew W Harrill lives in the idyllic South-West of England, nestled snugly in a village in the foothills of the Cotswolds. Born in 1976, he attended school in Bristol and received a degree in Geology from Southampton University. By day he plies his trade implementing shareplans for Xerox. By night he spends his time with his wife and four children. (and he writes sci-fi horror).
I have a delightful interview of Matt as well. He really is an interesting chap and his writing is to die for…
Chat with him on twitter @matt_harrill
You can find Matt on Amazon and will be glad that you did!!!
Tomorrow will begin a week of noir fiction with a bit of paranormal thrown in.
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Leaning #atozchallenge #poetry #cherryblossom #napowrimo
You lean too far
you drop
nuances
into my hands
like cherry blossoms
too heavy for the bough
you are not strong enough
at least not for now
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Graceful you reach toward the sky
in an upward spiral you grow
touching the clouds upward so high
graceful you reach toward the sky
touching the clouds upward so high
one weakness you have that we know
gracefully you reach toward the sky
in an upward spiral you grow
The Leaning Tower of Pisa – a campanile, or freestanding bell tower, of the cathedral of the Italian city of Pisa, known worldwide for its unintended tilt to one side. It is situated behind the Cathedral and is the third oldest structure in Pisa’s Cathedral Square (Piazza del Duomo) after the Cathedral and the Baptistry. The tower’s tilt began during construction, caused by an inadequate foundation on ground too soft on one side to properly support the structure’s weight. The tilt increased in the decades before the structure was completed, and gradually increased until the structure was stabilized (and the tilt partially corrected) by efforts in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. took 20 years to build because of war.
Its the time of the year to breathe in the beauty of the cherry blossom. There are many activities to enjoy at the cherry blossom festival in Washington DC.
thanks for the photograph by Robbie Hayton of the Leaning Tower in Pisa
and to Crimson Corvus for the Cherry Blossom photograph
