It consumes me like a ravaging dog who’s found roadkill
Like a housecat who’s just been given her daily dose of beautiful processed tuna-look-a-like mush
Like the monsters we’d see in old horror movies
Like the beasts you’d read about

Like the maniacal cannibalistic stranger your parents always tell you about
Who kidnaps little children and takes them home
Only to be greeted by his exquisite collection of cutlery
And let’s not forget the guillotine

I’m Jonah
Swallowed by the giant crustacean that is my imagination
Holed up in the back of your throat
Surrounded by gums and krill
With no future to look forward to
Just endless endless spit

Yeah
I’m that fairytale
But without the happy ending
No blowhole
No savior
No projectile onto the beach and being left to rot
No Ninevah
Just everlasting spit

Gallons and gallons of spit

Whoever believes in me
Shall gain everlasting spit

So much

Watch it consume me
Devour me
The thought
Of you
With someone else