Overheard at Table 4: Unkindness of Ravens

 #horrorprompt 447 Unkindness of Ravens

The Unkindness of Ravens, the

old folk said. If seen, grab a sprig of barley,

crush it between your fingers,

blow the dust.

If not, your mother will die.

Thought they were joking.

Until the morning I saw

my father

and the knife.