poem20

there is an ancient creature

attached to me

with its claws and teeth

and tentacles

attached to my balls and a*s

a hungry greedy thing

an old relic

from our days as worms

on the ocean floor

it's claws are bloody with desire

and it has dozens of dead and thoughtless eyes

what does this elder crustacean want from me?

what do you need?

you who are attached to me as much

as i am to you

you strangle my sacrum

you gnaw my bones

you chew my muscle

your festering feet slime up my spine

and your many mouths

drink blood from the wounds on my heart

you infest my gut with your spore

and fill my lungs and mouth and nose

with gross tasting bile

you dribble and drip

into my sinuses and skull

you pierce my brain

with sharp thoughts

you would devour me whole

and still it would not be enough

you are ancient and older than words

you are the cause of our desire

for power

for money

for sex

for love

for hope

for growth

for anything

you have been evolving toward us and now with us

you will never go away

you are the beast that crosses the bridge built of bones

into the realm of the gods