Thursday, October 2, 2008

Tropical Apocalypse

My skin prefers global warming

to many things

above all others

is probably flamingos.

Their claws are painful

Talons hidden under pleasantly

pink feathers

So exacting they prefer to pick

shrimp from their shells

perhaps all too perfectly

Shaving the flesh from it’s coverings

in one immaculate swoop.

Devouring iodine

Turning pinker

Save for that

menacing, honest

black beak.

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