The rotting smell of month old garbage
with maggots resting and writhing over
half eaten chicken and a severed finger
A scrawny wet cat scrapes at molded cheese
as her paws sink deeper into ripped bags
that the cardboard man frequented weeks ago
Old boots, a bloody tampon and empty slick bottles
perfume hell’s den as rain dampens the putrid cell
of the rats that attempt to claw their way out
Author notes
Prompt Word: Nasty
A contest entry
- Nasty by babygirl2582.
450 points, ended August 7, 10 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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