mythic thing

i am puckered up
shriveled and scaled
soaked in bath water
come and see it

the mermaid!

heaving and sighing
and suffocating
come and touch me
crispy sea girl

gaping wide mouth
you should floss more
show me steady pulse
breath a lil closer

dead thing
real thing
girl thing
bitch thing

i can’t read lips no more
          too tired.
only squinting eyes
licking up my body
my breasts, my tail