Sinister & Lacquered Black…
It had lurked, sinister and lacquered black,
Behind a small door of heavy iron,
Which, when slowly opened, revealed
Its sinuous agitation and erect, lethal tail…
It lurched its sinister and lacquered back
Into the damp, shadowy environ
Of the opening of a village well, concealed
Within the spider infested darkness, dank and stale…
Pete Ray
28th September 2022
A small, if nasty scorpion, disturbed when the metal door of a village well was opened in Boisson, Gard, France last week…
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