Vulture Culture by Samantha Krewulak

3rd Prize Winner, Writes of Summer - Drabble Edition; Prompt: Wrong Answers Only

What kind of hats do deer wear?

The skulls of men:
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Bleached clean in the sun, scraped smooth on the rocks,

Insides scooped out with a meticulous deer hoof.

The gooey contents deposited into the river to feed the fish, to give back to the earth.

Once cleaned, the skull gets cracked and broken into shape to fit snugly over their soft ears.

​Then lastly, decorated with sticky and verdant moss to flaunt their status.

They traipse around the forest, 

Looking for tea parties and picnics to crash,

While looking exquisitely dapper in their new attire,

​Waiting to be complimented.

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Samantha Krewulak hails from Calgary, Alberta. She is a writer of horror in the spheres of fictional short stories and poetry, and reviewer of horror books and movies. You can find her traveling the world with her fiancé, enjoying good food and drink, and hiding behind doors to scare the next person entering.