Friday 21 August 2015

Sea snake by Isabella Maxwell

Sea snake,
bright serpent,
creature of the deep,
representation of illumination
of pollution,

coiling like oil,
like a spill of paint,
through the water
choking the living of life.

Breathing fire,
somehow
in the ground,

but you are made of tires,
and probably some wires,
a bottle or two.

I’m glad you’re not real,
but what you are is a saint,
for if you weren’t made-

you might be dumped underground,
where the damage runs deep.

one of Melissa Muldoon's "Dragons"

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