Deep hungered legs reach,
spread in all directions.
Strange fish saunters by
brandished for inspection.
Suckers pucker and pull back.
Two legs chewed from the prior bites.
Tiny synapses fire and land,
Warn against all appetites.
The water pulses in and out.
Strange slithers and sways.
The gleam tempts arms to stretch
they hold in the cold and stay.
Still stubbed tentacles ponder,
the wonder strikes feared bites.
Strange turns and eyes connect.
Two beats of two hearts quiet the night.
Strange slips a silt fin to touch
a baby stub tenderly as it retracts.
A drip of salt water blends in the sea.
The gaze tilts and neither reacts.
Water frames a cold chance forlorn.
The dance holds on ocean rugs.
Final chances tick and abate.
A risk, decision, a deadly hug.
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