The Goddess of the Severn

Pulses drown saturated elvers As a crescent delivers it's catch White bellied roaches slap and disperse Pierced and broken suckers latch Flushed forearms lock with a match Bleached fingers curl fiercely Cartilage and rods attach Each standard raised taking a liberty Vectors detonate a verse Chassis release their clutch Barbels gulp at a netted hearse Miniscule painted boulders scratch Humble timber bows with a screech Discordant sea gulls sing their liturgy Their hymns bellowed to receive a batch A veneration Before performing their red tipped ritual snickersee The unbaptised draw a curse Glossed umber in a ditch The razorback plows a course To encumber every stitch A gullet evacuates an itchy apology A heretic mutters a retorting blasphemy Fulminations boom and detach As cumulonimbi reload their artillery Skulls stoop in sunless pitch Anointed mantras convene for mercy Receptacles are laden and rich Weighted and blessed by her divinity