Visitation

I am hooked deep inside my cavern-hanging host
   replicating in cosy subterranean cell
   night-time radar feeding my needful innermost
   viral reservoirs overflow with gruesome gel

   I slurp onto scaly creature, grimly scuttling
   fissures unfold, revealing gory condominium
   caged meal within a meal, proximity shuttling
   re-absorbed, disturbed, unsettling equilibrium

   I emerge, swimming 'Trojan' in moisture flowing
   aqueous channel opening, internal organ-treat
   indulged, engorged, rapacious appetite growing
   coughed-up bipedal phlegm, damp cold air to greet

   I am scooped again, adjacent cloth, nearby skin
   bodies pressing, heavy breath, compulsive sneeze
   defences haemorrhage, weakened corpses grin
   death is killing me, wretched repulsive wheeze

   I seep through porous mask and sweating gland
   my time is spent, havoc wrought, no place to go
   anti-bodies gathering, hostile hordes at hand
   I am oblivion but still have many names to know

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