Eel Poem by Leslie Philibert

Eel



Sleeping under waves
with open eyes as night
as sand as black, eaters

of dirt and horse-brain,
elvers play in foul brine.
First a glass, then pimped

with grease they have
blood like hot acid,
eyes as cold as Canada.

Do they come with the tide?
Are they happy in the guts of water?

No, they are lidless and empty,
hidden in a depth under shadows.

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