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I have an irrational fear in the
shower when I close my eyes that a
shark will burst through the tile
wall and devour me whole
Perhaps that’s because within the
red waters in the chambers of my
heart, there lurks a shark with an
appetite unceasing till it has
swallowed every top floater alive
My heart is encased in shark teeth,
is a rubber shield of death impenetrable
Except to you, who pried it open when
your lips locked on mine and your tongue
searched for sustenance like a hungry shark
My irrational fear is you
Our first kiss every time reminds me every
time of your delicious core, which beats like
a revolutionary fist, gushes like punctured
skin from a mortal wound
And like a good vampire shark, I open my
serrated jaws, sink my razor teeth in you,
deep in you, my love, past your cream dermis
walls till I find that which is all alone,
unprotected
Then I feed from it.
