swallowed the bait
hook line and sinker
choked by the weight of
too many mistakes until
i'm strung up by
microfilament
like an unwanted catfish
a nuisance a pest
bash me to death
with a metal baseball bat
shatter flimsy bones
until nothing's left but dust
and toss my bleeding carcass
back into the murky lagoon
that i used to call a home
and i will float atop
the sea foam green surface
easy prey for
ambivalent carrion