{"sf1_id":777250,"sf2_id":"1YAAROr1","title":"Acid Sand","author":"ShingetsuMoon","words":261,"posted_at":"2014-11-02T18:13:00.000Z","tags":["Fantay","Mongolian Death Worm","Poem","Poetry","myth"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/777250-acid-sand","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/1YAAROr1","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/95/63/95636776-3976-4f1d-89f7-da4907d96631","description":"#20 of Poems\n\nThis is another poem for my poetry book. This is based off of the Mongolian Death Worm which is rumored to spit acid, turn things yellow and corrode them, and can discharge electricity.\nDon't believe me? Google it.","content":"Hidden by the desert  \nsands as they shift   \nunderneath the blazing  \nsun.\n\nSilently stalking both  \nhuman and animal   \nalike as they dare to  \nenter its domain.\n\nSkies remain clear  \nyet the tingle of   \nelectricity continues  \nto travel down your   \nspine.\n\nHair stands on end  \nand the feeling of   \nbeing watched refuses  \nto go away.\n\nNot watched.\n\nHunted.\n\nPursued by a monster  \nspoken of only in   \nwhispers and legends.\n\nA flash of red here.  \nA long body vanishing  \nbeneath the sands over  \nthere.\n\nYou can look all you like  \nbut you will never catch  \nit out in the open.\n\nThe first time you see it  \nwill also be the last as its   \nacid eats through you  \nlike a fire burns through  \nthe woods.\n\nCorrosive poison that   \nturns its victims yellow  \nwith death and corrosion.\n\nYou are just another  \nanimal pursued by a   \nhunter who is smarter  \nand more patient then   \nyou.\n\nOne fully adapted to  \nits environment while  \nhumans try to shape   \nit to meet their demands.\n\nDon't bother trying to  \ncall for help. Not with  \nyour voice. For there  \nis no one around for   \nmiles.\n\nDon't bother trying  \nto pull out your  \nphone. For the spark  \nof electricity has already  \nturned its components  \nto dead weight.\n\nDon't try to run.  \nIt will only pursue  \nyou even more.\n\nA creature with  \nbowels of acid lies  \nin wait for you beneath  \nthe blazing sands.\n\nOnce you have been  \nchosen as its next  \nmeal all you can do  \nis wait and pray that  \nyour death is not  \na slow one.\n\n--Written September 24th, 2014\n\n  \n  \n\n","series":{"name":"Poems","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/777248-fires-of-the-earth.json","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/777251-nights-of-storm-and-stone.json"}}