Hell Has Noodles

Does anyone remember those satanic noodles from Sesame Street? The fluffy ones that would devour things. Pretending to be innocent and spineless just shuffling along and no one would pay them any attention, until they were eaten themselves. Vivid orange with those fluffy ends and they would walk like noodles all U shaped and dawdling, like a wyrm from hell. Their bulging eyes watching with false innocence for the right moment, that instant were the advantage was theirs and they knew it was all over for you – it was only a matter of moments before you figured it out.

Some days it is hard for me to discern whether I am prey or predator…