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Jealousy
Jealousy
I crave more and more
And covet what’s not mine
And what is mine I guard
With many headed monsters
Each with my face
Both a cage and a guarding wall
No in or out privileges,
Those things in my domain
Shall not wander or ponder
Themselves anything but mine.
A special fate awaits
For those crossing my borders,
No obvious sign post
Mistaking my moat
For a trade canal
Is an easy sin to commit,
Oh the plans I have for you
Oh the plans I have for you
On a perfect summer day
You happily paddling by, I sit on the banks
Straw in my mouth
Pants rolled up from carefree splashing
Sun spilled on my skin
A well rested stranger to you.
You shout from your slow floating vessel
That you’d heard tell of my treasures
And wished only to gaze upon them
And partake in adoration.
transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I give my neck a crack
And suddenly my voice
Carries enough salt
To make one seasick.
You should have shut
Lead shutters on your eyes
Block out my radioactive gaze,
Should have sewn shut your pockets
And sailed the long way around.
I rise and wonder
If you sense the danger nearing,
If you know you will be detritus
At the bottom of the river
When I am done with you.
My eyes should have been
The cautionary tale
You heeded from childhood
The thin ice you dare not tread
I shout out on my way
Simple helpful directions,
You begin to thank me
My hands now on your gunnels
Reaching for your lapel
My lips profess a friend
Yet my heart chants
‘Row row row your boat
Madly while you scream
Scarily scarily scarily scarily
I drown you in the stream.’
