25 Shallow Ocean

25.

Shallow Ocean



Swerving black plane drives helpless onto water, unseen

Now the greedy hole comes to the liquid it, sippin'

From shallow ocean away vessel

To dark, tongued, toothed pit, don't bid farewell

Human mouth ousts it unscathed back to soup basin.



-01/13/2007

(Dumarao)

*Topsy-Turvy Limerick Ironic
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