the scent of death assaults my nostrils: carcass or fungi?
Miasma [Haiku]
1
a rotten log grows
a vibrant mushroom cluster —
soon to rot, itself
shaggy parasol
sits by the sidewalk,
knowing only up
a stinkhorn unfolds,
drops its gauzy skirt,
and soon is gone
Taken on December 17, 2019 at Pilisszentlászló, Hungary.