The Mermaids Bathtub An Epitaph

   
   
she lived in a bathtub  
with a rubber duck  
fished out of the ocean  
by seafaring men  
trawling for sirens to love  
and mackerel  
   
a murmuring mermaid desolated  
only able to speak neptunium  
   
i would have you believe  
that i took pity upon her  
but in truth i fell in love with a fish  
a beautiful fish girl  
   
it was her scent that drew me to her  
a vaporis substance  
like bouillabaisse  
   
i inhaled her breath  
feet  
ass  
cunt  
mouth  
saliva  
i carried her back to the indigo sea  
to swim with her  
   
always wet  
shivering and shriveling  
glazed and fuddled    
i drowned  
seven leagues under  
   
fish food