Wendig’s flash fiction challenge this week was to do something terrible to a protagonist. I was short on time (mostly due to working on another project) so I whipped up a sonnet instead. Enjoy!
He tripped, poor lad, into the kraken’s maw –
Was masticated by its spikèd jaw –
And that great beast inside which now he cowered,
Itself was by Leviathan devoured;
The Midgard Serpent then Leviathan ate,
And old Behemoth sealed the Serpent’s fate –
And down a black hole then did sundry fall:
Protagonist, and nested monsters all.
But though he found himself somewhat compressed,
And though his house was lately repossessed,
And though his wife had asked him for divorce,
And though he’d failed his last Accounting course,
Yet none of it would be so bad (thought he),
Except, he really, really had to pee.
Brian D. Buckley 
I love it!
Thanks, Melissa!! 😀
You made me snort.
Haha I do what I can.
this was great!
Lily – thanks!
Very funny. And amazing!
Appreciate it. 🙂
Good one! Made me smile. 🙂
Thanks for reading!
Hehehe. Liking it!
W00t! Glad to hear it, Lindsay, thanks for reading!