Amidst the vast blue planet
Of what is sea and porous flesh
The ***** rides the current
At its hunger’s great expense

When restless waters compose
suppressing their distress
With frail mouth tethered closed
The swollen being is dismissed

Lusting for substance
Demure discarded for greed
Heart and hooded nudibranch
Unfasten their jaw to feed

Opaque moon for a mouth
Siphons water like blood
Rhythmic pulsing of valves
Gaping mouth left undone

As time judges persistence
Each beat echoes the ache
The ***** too ravenous
To hinder its weary gates

Then the surface cast light
To the starving and hollow
Who proceed to ignite
With the spark of each swallow