From the sea
to keep the land
they line them
heavy as sandbags
black as oil spills
carcasses
on the shore.
The agency sait
it would kill
Infect, forget
they claw
scratch
at another throat.
Waves green
just beneath their eyes.
Their barks:
monstrous sounds.
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I'm going to the corner coffee shop to write you something about this one. Be back late.r
ReplyDeletethats the prettiest dead sea mammal corpse simile i ever did see
ReplyDeleteyou and bri-bri are both writing about seals... wtf? i think you started a trend... maybe i'll write a poem about a seal...
ReplyDeletelet's all write seal poems, woo!
dont you mean, arf!
ReplyDeleteOoh, I likey this one better. It's more mysterious, engaging, stronger through-action (whatever that means, I'm only saying it because Dan said it to me the other day). But, like I said, I likey this revison.
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