Wednesday, October 10, 2012

New Love Stories

We had just moved into a small apartment at the bottom of the ocean.

"I'd just like to go over some household expectations," you announced. "For instance, I expect you to clean the jellyfish out of the pipes. Also if we spring a leak I expect you to let me die first as I don't think I could handle drowning down here alone."

I nodded, this all sounded pretty reasonable.

"In return," you said, "I'll cook fish you catch. Healthy-looking ones at least. And I won't complain about how long the commute is by submarine."

That night we made love by the light of the anglerfish. It was a hassle that I'd need to pick up oxygen tanks every day until the algae farm started working, but the moon sure looked pretty nice reflected in the water's surface.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

don't think i haven't read it. iread everything you write[ at least on this blog] and i am always glad to see new work.

Never Been Stung said...

Are they stinging jellyfish or moon jellyfish? Because that would matter.

: BUTTERY THRONE : said...

:: nice poetry , i write bits of poetry along with my art work to emphasise it , never really tried to do a long poem before ::