When Sharks Attack: Betrayals


Sometimes
the backyard grows

radiant in abundance
of fireflies.

The light is insufficient
to illuminate the garden,

there’s beauty in what may be
labelled unwanted.

A parcel of betrayals
after weeks

of protesting the sharks
and their thirst for blood.

In defense, it is hard
to tell swimmers and poachers

apart. They all dress
as if there is no greater joy

than to lose the heat
in their bodies to the endless blue.