ODYSSEY OF A TUSK
by Robert McNamara
Imagine a room
Where flowers grew
Away from this
Barren arctic waste
Where we descend like
Dangling eyeburst
Thru lonely walks
Of blunt brisk air
Boo-hoo I cannot
Feel my bones
Boo-hoo I cannot
See my eyelids
Boo-hoo I cannot
Feel like Squid
I cannot quack
Like Duck
O woe! I seethe
On the icy shores
Spraying my breath
Upon taupe sky
A weepy walrus
Wetting his face
Solitude interrupted
By a daydream
I wallow in mire
And sniff the surf
I blow savage yowls
To the briny mist
I flap my paws
At darkling heaven
I spread my tusks
Like raven wings
And fly-swim thru
The understuff sea
What woe it is
To see what I have seen
O woe it is
To know oneself grotesque
Lurking alone
Wishing to drown
Imagine a realm of
Friendly basking mammals
Boo-hoo boo-hoo
Imagine a room in you
Like that good old one
Called home
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