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The Beginning of the End
For Poppy's Prompts #6
Joe pushed the green button to clear the alarm.
The pathogen, surely, could do no more harm.
In the silent, sealed autopsy room, below,
Two bodies stared blindly into the red glow
Of warning lights pulsating, still, overhead.
The M.E. and her “patient” now were both dead.
*
As Joe and the other observers looked on,
The bodies dissolved into ash - then were gone.
“Containment successful,” said Joe, “rope it off,”
Just as the man next to him started to cough.
“My God, it's gone airborne!” screamed a young, blonde girl
As the thick glass below them started to curl.
***
Author's Note: I might have gone a bit sicko with this one... Poppy's prompts are always fun and thought provoking. Here's the latest:
Thanks, Poppy!
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Dana Crandell
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Comments (14)
Missed this and now found it - sicko mode Dana is cool in my opinion. Love the narrative and the way it all played out, with impeccable flow too!
It's too soon, Dana, too soon!! 😁
OMG!!! Did you watch the Oppenheimer 2023 film?
This is so good. I want to read an extended version of it!! I want to know what happens next, what lead up to it! It was a great cliffhanger though.
One more airborne thing and we all go kooky from lockdown.
Yikes! Enjoyed your poem.
Pathogen would make a great novel title, I think.
This is positively chillingly terrifying 😵💫! Excellent ✅
So sorry but may I know what is M.E.? I loved your take on this hehehehehhehehe
I just hope that fiction doesn’t foretell truth!!❣️😬
Yikes!!! This would make such a good film short. Love it.
"it's gone airborne!".. one of the scariest sentences you could hear in that situation 😂. Great poem/story Dana
Oh no! Perceived safety stolen away! Great narrative poem, Dana! A terrifying take using the challenge words!
Oh dear. That ain't good. Well done, my friend. Now I must check out the prompt.