Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Fangs(Beasts) At Sea

Expect the open mouth of
a beast with fangs
To bite with contempt: doves
with wings
Hanging in the bowers
of trees;
Sea-spun showers
cover all needs.

Lift with fury,
the jumping beast yearns
the next meal to be taken
with action he spurns.
He has no patience;
He does not want to wait.
He is hungry. Tired.
No hope for him…or the light meal he hates.

Obsession rules him.
Every day he hates.
From birth to midlife
He's chased everything;
Fought all he'd take.
He's lived young;
He'll die old.
Every day is grand.

But in the hate
From day to day
Seems as if the latter days
Are treated as his last.
He'll go home tired.
He'll wake up hungry.
He'll continue to mark the time.
He'll hunt dinner in the forest at night
And he'll dine on seagull and brine.

Such is the life of fangs at sea.
He'll be lost for his eternity.
Dead or dying he's got his needs.
Continuing this tradition makes him... happy.
 

ISA

No comments:

Post a Comment