signed, undine K RI ZZIA R ICCI NE P O M U CE N O
by the coastlines, aquamarine glows bleak and treasures gleam tarnish, traversing the red sundress donned over rich copper skin. between rows of palm trees, the wind blows hush, lulling the leaves. like its taut wooden oars, sitting on a dinghy, wincing at each rock skipped as they splash, as they sink— in dread of a looming rush. with the ebbs and currents, a storm clashes with the waves. under brisk waters, where weaving tendrils were serpents circling shanks— at the command of Neptune, they clawed at a quilted petticoat. in the navel of the corals, the herrings plunge deeper to escape. into a trench, like a trough, numbing darkness glowers; where aghast planktons course through crests to become the ocean’s prey. by the windswept shores, the saffron sun rests upon the horizon. the blue scales are scraped away, to uncover the trove of sapphires concealed beneath pallid blood. at the heart of sea, i shall never swim again.
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