Dark waters hide secrets.

The ocean at night without light is breathtaking but ominous all of its ebony liquids unseen only whitecaps are visibly faint in the glow of a fingernail moon a leftover clipping of God's   snipped off by the angels who faithfully groom him this remnant most sadly illuminates little in the dark void of space in the waters below while above just a few stars deposit their richness diamond-like in the Cloud Banks ) //////////////////// thus the only stars left are the starfish who splay their five points beneath waves as they reach for their prey hungry mouths open wide and all manner of predators prowl these dark waters as they feed on their own the surf's roar hides the screams : 0 O : O : : o : And though it's probably quite safe to takes dips in this cauldron of life and death struggles not only at noontime but deep in the night there is always the chance as you cut through black waters that your strokes executed with very small splashes will attract the attention of a creature who hungers whose brain is the size of a scrotum quite chilled from the cold salty waters and it just might mistake you for something it normally thinks of as food ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~^~~~~o/~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~ So I'll stay in the hollow depression my buttocks have formed in this sand dune and dream of cool waters washing sweat from my brow as the fingernail moon scrapes its trail cross the sky. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~)~~~~~~~~~~Artis Written February 21st, 2002 © on Feb 21 2002 12:46 AM PST    0 • 10