waiting waiting
for the dentist
to pull those alligator teeth from my back
like brutus
it attacked
from behind
reaching all the way to the heart
leaving just enough
to pump dry
now the shadow of me
walks the 'gator
wanting more than anything to let go
knowing that would be fatal
never when i'm watching
never when on guard
.....just attacked.
3 july 2006
jlh