the rise of the Lankans
Stupid little islanders!
Trading coconuts and fish, they thought.
They cast us aside like a used condom.
They left our bones in the open like an eaten fish.
They were here to take over; to use and abuse.
Yet we did not fail!
We stood up against their onslaught and we protected that which was their main target,
Our pride.
We as Lankans stood forth and faced a common enemy,
We made them stand up and take notice
Of the pride that some little speck of an island's inhabitants could have..
And we were glorious in our victory!
Watching them recede like a wave recedes from the shore..
Yet we were still gripped in that energy of hate
And having no way to expend that energy,
We turned upon ourselves.
A chewing gum romance
She took me whole
She chewed me
Bathing me in her
Gloriously warm spittle,
Cuddling me under
The soft folds of her tongue
And admonishing me
With her sharp white teeth.
Then she spat me out.