Trifextra: Week Ninety-One
This weekend Trifecta has the following on the menu for Trifextra challenge-
It’s now time for some Trifextra fun. Thirty years ago, Roald Dahl published the book Dirty Beasts, a collection of poems for children about weird and wonderful animals. The last poem, however, is called The Tummy Beast about a boy who thinks there’s someone living in his belly. Your Trifextra challenge is to write 33 words on a beast in an unusual place. No swamps or forests or caves, we really want you to take your beast out of its comfort zone. http://www.trifectawritingchallenge.com/#sthash.eAWaxdhd.dpuf
This was indeed very tough and I almost gave up before deciding to just go with the flow.Hope it is not too bad 😛
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The Verbal beast
Hiding between the vocal chords
it creeps up on the tongue
caustic words of derision
cutting down everyone
cares not for enemies made
nor the friends lost-
Sarcasm, the beast
spares no one!
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@Zebra Crossing 
I’m glad you went with it. I think this is brilliant!
Thank you Deana-you are way too kind 🙂
Sometimes it gets better by waiting .– this one is very good.
Thank you Bjorn-coming from you I will take it high praise:-)
Very well written, Atreyee – as my mom says – watch for words that fall out hurting others and make you regret later. I bet this is one beast, we are better off choking down our throats.
So true-having a sharp tongue myself,I know I better do some watching & choking ;-)Thanks TZ:-)
I think this is really well done, Atreyee! Glad you went with it :)) ;))
Thank you Jo-Anne:-am so glad you think so:-)
I’m so glad you posted this, Atreyee! First off, I can be pretty sarcastic myself, and second-I agree that this is a brilliant piece of writing!! Well done, my friend!!
You are?OMG-so am I & my daughter has inherited those genes too!lol!Am so thrilled that you think it is good,thank you so much Valerie:-)
Ooh, I liked this a lot. So glad you posted it.
Thank you so much-all the comments from some wonderful writers like you is making me glad that I posted it too:-)
well done – glad you share it. Sarcasm is a nasty little beast used for ill-gotten gains sometimes.
I agree-the tongue becomes worse than a rapier at those times,cutting fast & deep.So glad you stopped by to read and comment Barbara-thanks a ton:-)
It was a long time before I learned how to appropriately use my sarcasm. I’m still off sometimes, but far less often than I used to be. 🙂 Thanks for linking up.
Yes Laura you are so right-it’s an art-like you, I too have learnt to be more careful and am getting better-my daughter is a past master-she knows how to handle it skilfully & she is not yet 18:-)Thanks for stopping by and for the encouragement:-)
Oh good job! This is perfect. And perfectly true.
Aww,thank you so much Renee,am glad you think so 🙂
I like what you came up with. Sometimes, sarcasm is a little kinder with a smile 🙂
Ha!ha!I like that-Sam,my daughter does that-though never with me(she knows better than to ruffle Dragon Mom’s scales,lol)Thank you Janna-you are always so kind and supportive-I can never thank you enough-so glad we became friends here& apologies for not having responded to last week’s comments-never got around to it-so I thought ,let me first catch up with the present and went to read & comment on the current challenge submissions-hopefully will catch up this week:-)
This is wonderful.
It is a difficult job controlling ones sarcasm.
This is wonderful. Sarcasm is truly a beast that sours our relationships. Great take.
I enjoyed your contribution. Great idea. Well written. Marie.
Thank you Marie-I appreciate your stopping by to read and comment:-)
Great, brilliant, clever take on the prompt ! & This is not sarcastic ! 😉
Ha!ha!MOV,now this comment is brilliant-thank you my friend:-)
Hey you did very well, I liked this piece. I shall look out for your posts.
:-)Aww thank you so much-glad you stopped by-highly appreciated
A wicked beast indeed!
Great take on the prompt.
Ha!ha!Yes,I know that too well;-)Thank you for stopping by to read and comment Mike 🙂
being a profuse user of sarcasm, this rings quite true in that many simply do not understand sarcasm to be sarcasm!
I so agree and I have resorted to once too often 😛 Thank you for reading and commenting:-)
Good one! And thanks for the comment on my little blog.
DJ
Thank you for stopping by to read & comment-appreciate it:-)
Oh this was so good! Isn’t that the truth about sarcasm. And it comes sailing out sometimes and we aren’t even aware that it’s going too. What a monster it is. What an original take, Atreyee!! Well done! 😀
Aww thanks Linda-so glad you think so:-)
This is soul-stirring. You have shown a real monster hidden in daily life . Loved it. 🙂
Aww,thank you Archita-coming from you,I take it as a huge compliment:-)