Angela's Dream

Such strange fat fireflies so early in the month of Beltane, pondered Angela, as she watched their ephemeral light brighten then fade.  Was she ken to a mutation from some radioactive mist or super acidic rain?  Or, more simply, a mischievous neuron in her prodigal imagination played. 

It was kind of scary, she thought, for how unspeakable would they become by summer?  Angela waved her arms chaotically, hoping to obfuscate their sense of direction.  Running home, she collapsed on the toilet and performed a thorough lavation to refresh and calm herself -- whilst a single, stealthy flyer wangled and buried it's exoskeleton deep within her shorts, without suspect or detection. 

There it waited, nestled in her warmth like some grotesque, undefinable blur.  Her sleep was a nightmarish kaleidoscope of aerial motion over meadows and fields of variegated flora and shambling human/insect hybrids that feasted and festered upon her.  Angela's brainiac intellect lay suspended in the grip of a changeling's aura. 

She woke in warm light, instantly relieved that the interminable night had ended.  Her eyes appeared befuddled, for the sun was now setting in the pastel-painted west.  Angela proceeded to crawl on the bed in vermicular circles, and then she ascended into her final epitaph ... in the digestive fluids of a companion lightning pest.
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U.D Palawon  Avatar
October 5, 2016 at 12:41 PM
Such a creative piece of writing..Congrats on this been featured. :)
Arnone Avatar
October 5, 2016 at 1:30 PM
Thank you, Sunita! :-)
Dietrich Avatar
April 23, 2016 at 7:48 PM
By the way, I greatly appreciate you taking the time to read so many of my poems. If I had more time myself, I would return that favor tonight but I have 20 other poets to catch up with. Let me see at least one more of your poems!!
Dietrich Avatar
April 23, 2016 at 7:47 PM
oh my gosh, did she waken from her dream only to become part of a reality nightmare? This is STRANGE stuff, but fascinating@ Maybe you could enter it in the stories for kids contest. hahaha
A   Avatar
April 21, 2016 at 11:58 AM
Yes, a fine and crazy read... a nightmare. LINDA
Arnone Avatar
April 21, 2016 at 1:24 PM
Dear P.D., Since you are perusing some of my poems (thank you, kindly), my favorite to date is: Water Bug Love.... ;-)
O'Leary Avatar
February 19, 2016 at 7:42 AM
Surreal... ghastly surreal... well done!
Arnone Avatar
February 19, 2016 at 8:22 AM
Not as happy with it as you are; but, thanks for the compliment....
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