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Rain of Rodents is at an End |
Rain of Rodents is at an End 22 years ago I read a terrifying SF novel About the use of rodents as terrorist weapons Unleashing a rain of rodents Dropping them from the sky The rodents infected with a disease A new way of spreading the plague. Rats can hide and go anywhere With cameras and bombs attached Remotely controlled via implants But the squirrel bomb would be the ideal rodent weapon. As squirrels can go anywhere Even onto the WH, the Congress the CIA or the Pentagon And blow up things and people And no one would see The squirrel bomb coming Thankfully, this SF novel Has yet to become true But someday perhaps This nightmare headline Could become real Headline: Rain of rodents is at an end 22 lines of rodent inspired terror Twenty-two years ago, Writing.Com was born. What else was happening back then? Well, here are some (partial) news headlines from September 1st and 2nd, 2000 ... 22 years ago! Pick one of them as the inspiration for your poem or story: make that headline central to its subject/plot. Note: you do not have to have the same 'meaning' as the original headline intended ... indeed, the more creative a reinterpretation your piece provides, the better. Include a note in your item indicating which headline prompt you used. Also, you must use the number twenty-two (or 22) somewhere in your story or poem. Remember to put it in bold for your judge. One of your genres must be NEWS. Headlines (pick one): * The stunning assassin is killing my love life * Rick's fundraising dwarfs * FBI nets student in mammoth * Jumper dies in spa spill * Investors spooked by bear sighting * What blimp doth blight this tale * Rain of rodents is at an end |