100 words: compost

I'm participating in a weekly writing challenge: 100 words. Each week, Velvet Verbosity posts a prompt, and participants write 100 words, in any form, that evoke the word. This week's word: rotten

Compost

rotten: bruised peaches dried coffee grounds blackened banana peels green grass clippings cracked egg shells twisted tree branches yellowed corn husks moldy bread spent tea bags squeezed lemons giant summer squashes horse dung carved pumpkins golden straw wrinkled apples multicolored leaves cow manure melon rinds flowering weeds sad tomatoes chicken shit blighted berries greening potatoes shredded carrots

flourishing microorganisms: fast fungi beneficial bacteria miracle microbes

turning turning turning: sifting lifting pitchforking

small scraps large pile hot core

worms: detritus digesting skin casting

feeding: rich soil prolific garden velvet lawn

transformation: making abundant life out of so much death and decay.