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3-Word Prompt: Behead, Monster, Ivory

His teeth are sharp

and shine like ivory.

They fluoresce

in the darkness,

a mess

in the daylight.

Crooked and cramped,

they bite

whatever lies before him.

He claims bodies

like a sniper,

a gunman,

a viper,

but I'm the one

to behead the monster.

 
 
 

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