Seal Teeth


29 years to an hour.
23 seconds to a day:
i have seen them coming
faced in a drowsy haze:
staring at them.
when my heartbeat sounds to the
skipping of a record
algorithmic in its blessed ring
i can face that passing
same as it passing
passed on over in sequential being.
42 centimetres
built to a square.
pointed things that come back
to scare!
my little sister, who is true to
flesh and bone.
skewered jaw, raw fish slain
in a bowl. i have watched her rotted
flesh drawn on the board.
18 inches raw and bloody sore;
seen it cut and diced and more.
8 hours to prove my love:
i set it down,
unwind it. done.