I Have Claws & Teeth

Life is a Beast

Against

this thin

ribcage

It beats;

checking

every

orifice

for Its

release!

I keep

my lashes

tapped down

like blinds

as a

Safety:

Its, yours

and mine.

Life is a beast

oh how

It beats

with wants,

with needs;

It's tied

to my

fingers

and toes,

with red

bloodied

leads;

I breathe

in and

try to

call out,

call It

by Name

and It

surely

harks back

to Me

Social

animal

that It

portends

to be;

Not as

house guest

but as

full

Veto

member

Life is a Beast

It pounds

Its fists

at the

Temple

and how

head and

heart aches

with all

It seeks,

and then

Negates.

28 JAN 2023