Sweet Thing

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Dark and gaping

The inky black

Not even the Sun can light up what should be perfect cerulean

Waves ruthlessly crash against rock

Their monstrous teeth barely piercing each magnificent crest

They show no mercy

Even to you, sweet thing


Pebbles tumble at the tips of your callused toes

Knees are rusty pipes

Eyes are boulders

Hair is wet yarn

Throat is a fluffy towel, fresh out of the dryer

Look up

To the other side, sweet thing

Green reaching up to lazy cream swirls

Buttery light in rays as sharp as knives

Cutting through thick hot air

And sending the world alight

Jump

To the other side, sweet thing

Moments from those beautiful leaves

See them

At the other side, sweet thing

Their forest veins, their soft wings licked with acid limes


And you fall

Into the dark and gaping abyss

And your screams are soaked up like knowledge by those violent crests

And those monstrous teeth

They show no mercy

Even to you, sweet thing

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