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THE KRAKEN WAKES nature poem in Genghis Lotus Poetry Collection, a selection of poems free to read online. Webmaster for this site is poet Hugh Cook, born in Britain, educated in New Zealand, and the author of, amongst other works, the fantasy series Chronicles of an Age of Darkness.
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The little silver fish
Scatter like shrapnel As I plunge upward From the black underworld. The green waves break from my sides As I roll up, forced by my season, And before the tenth second I can feel my own heat — The wind can never cool as oceans do. By mid-morning, My skin has sweated into agony. The turmoil of my intestines Bloats out against my skin. I'm too sick to struggle — I hang In the thermals of pain, Screaming against the slow, slow, slow Rise toward descent. And the madness of my pain Seems to have infected everything — Cities hack each other into blood; Ships sink in firestorm; armies Flail with sticks and crutches; Obesity staggers toward coronary Down the streets of starvation. |
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