The sharks live in the ocean, y’all,

Antoni told me so.

We cannot swim within the sea

the sharks will surely know.

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They lie beneath the whackish waves

to splunder all our bones,

to stab our legs with teeth like steel

and drag us to their homes.

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Who knows what goes on down below

where gloomsome light declines?

The Shark-feast mega gala fest

the kind that eats our minds!

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No no, you cannot change my view

those waves are crests of death!

I will not test a toe inside

a place that ends my breath.

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Oh so, my brother made it fine

and Mom has joined him too!

The sharks are full of freakish plans

and gobble fools like you.

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No I’ll just sit here on the beach

and covid my deprive.

I’ll miss the splash the sploosh, the spray

but see…I’ll be alive.

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Photo by: Melanie Wupperman