We Withered In His Wake

Certain people should never be met. Certain people were never meant to be meeted in the first place.

It was of no real surprise to learn he found Orange Shasta distasteful.

When we attempted to engage in conversation, he proved himself rather fleet-footed.

As you’d guess, this devious man’s powerlessness frequently  floored us.

He liked to linger and loiter unseen, preferably within the confines of his own home.

There’s an old video of him painting arcane symbols on the basement floor.

Imagine our horror when we discovered he was fluent in many ruinous languages.

Claims to know the Jersey Devil’s SSN and to have soldered the Ark Of the Covenant.

We easily remember his fiery backwards glances and ever-so smug smirks.

Reviews

[Siddhartha]

First a salute for one of its kind originality...Straddles the grey zone between a monologue and poetry...And jumps from one to the other with grace and a seeming lack of effort...Love the picaresque and mystique tones...

[Ruth]

Intriguing! Indeed, some people should not meet, but this...woahhh...eerie love! Symbols....well...he obviously has knowledge, whether it is good or bad, well....are we brave enough to find out?! Excellent work! xx

[Angela]

creepy, haunting, and devilish!

[Poetic Beauty]

This is a very interesting story. It makes me want to know more about the man drawing symbols on his basement floor.

[roarke]

This speaks volumes.... my kind of guy. Definitely the basis of a longer piece. I also like meet met and meeted... lol. The master wordsmith strikes again...

maybe the arcane symbols painted on the basement floor were designs for future app icons....

[Nobody.]

:D I love it! It made me smile....and want to dance for some reason. There is a typo...sixth sentence, second word....or to our. Other than that, it's a masterpiece. Write on!