In waters too deep
For lupidity creep
Most intriguing and elegant beasts.
Crepescule in feature,
Tentacular creatures
Awaiting a submarine feast.
Where tendril and frond
Curl from inky beyond
Reaching out from primordial lurk.
It may seem unadorned,
But do be forewarned,
There are teeth hiding under the murk.
Should an unheeding ray
To their miry hide stray
What wonders both odd and obsurd
Could perchance be beheld
In this deepwater delve
Though returning from such is unheard.
Toby Hemker - Poetry 