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Spaceman Vs Sea Monster

At the bottom, in her clutches, you’ve found your new home Her ghostly embrace makes you feel more alone Spaceman, at peace in the depth of your night On glamour and glory, you’ve gotten too high And somehow you slipped and crashed through the sky ...one day you just rocketed by Earth’s son is drowning in a tub with the chills The water is draining, blood laced with pills One of her many eyes saw your descent While eating the shrimp from a sulfurous vent Which, until she’d seen you, had made her content ...her heart boiling out through cement And while you were down, she baited her hooks She made you feel hopeful with helpless, sweet looks And nested your spaceship in her hidden crooks ...blowing kisses that warm like chinooks And she pulled you in close when you started to sink And confused you with needs and a cloud of black ink Disarming your valor with sweetie-pie blinks ...with fish guts and sea-rotten stink Orbiting so long gave you the spins You splashed down through brine, and the ocean’s slick skin In barbed tentacles you’ll sleep with your twin ...in challenger deep growing fins

Copyright © | Year Posted 2013




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