How fragile is this hand
as it gentles the ferocious coils
which abide below the halfway mark
of belly, making discords of dogma,
and soothes the grinning sibilance
as the ravenous maw bites through
this tenuous grip on new realities.
Oh Mercy! The poison is luscious as lotus!
Desire welcomes the monstrous tongue
in the throat beyond question
of what will become of these bones
once the leviathan has picked them clean.
Inspired by the artwork, Thieves Blend by the artist, Eli Evangelidis a.k.a. @eliedwardart
"The poison is luscious as lotus!" How I love this!💘 The poem as a whole puts me in the mind of humans vs monsters and the truth behind which out of the two is more lethal?🐾🐾
ReplyDeleteHoly smokes, woman. Been there, done that, got the tee shirt, but never wrote about it so marvelously. That second stanza in particular is amazing. Yeah, sometimes we let that monstrous tongue in, even knowing we will be riven by it.
ReplyDeleteBtw, I tried several times to write for you last word list but no go. :-(
The poison as luscious as lotus - what a great line - and how we crave its deadly sweetness. Lovely to read you, always, Kerry. Hope you are staying well.
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