"Paper Whales"
sharp teeth heavy fins
black and white killers roaming the coral reefs
of bedside tables
oh predators of ocean shelves
how cumbersome you become
when you finally wash up
on the shore
of my left hand
enormous body defenceless
breathless
I slit you open and feast on your flesh
becoming
bloodbound
by the end
I really, really like this one. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteIt reminds me of Salman Rushdie's "Is Nothing Sacred?" about literature, and books (as the physical manifestation of same) in his household growing up, and in society as a whole.
http://www.beartronics.com/rushdie.html