Pike

Pike

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“Stilled legendary depth:
It was as deep as England”
—Ted Hughes, “Pike,”
Lupercal
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Pretty Pike Teeth—
Assia smiles thinking
About her dream of
Seducing Ted Hughes
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How gullible Ted is—
Falling for the malevolent
Killer Pike’s toothy grin
Slinking beneath him
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Stunned by his own male—
Grandeur embedded and
Silhouetted by emerald
Submarine horrors
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Beyond Hawk or Wolf—
Sliding under lily-pads
Down in the gloomy stillness
Sleek stealthy Pike grins
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Streamlined fishy Snake—
Slithery subdued phallic
Savage killer with fins
Gills kneading quietly
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Jungle pubes twisted—
Jammed down there deep
Inside Assia’s other gullet
His muscular monastery
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She dreamed his dream—
Better than Sylvia who fled
Blood, guts & rabbit-killers
Her manly man of the Moors