cast my unwieldy heart into the deep
sink into brine
fade in time
when sharks have need
sharks will feed

here in my diving bell
weight of the ocean's floor
won't crush me
I'm already a dream
bubbling out of the mouth
of a bad swimmer

cold blood

love a forked fractal snake twitching like its tongue
wrapped around itself, eating itself
well I'm the one shedding skin
I'm the one who lets you in
I don't love my love
whispered like venom across
my nebulous paranoia
I know you
don't
it's exhaled scales and death rattle