Song of the Squid

[bunrab]

(c)2005 by R. Kelly Wagner

My love, your eyes are larger
Than the largest pearls, than the entire oyster,
And they gleam like phosphorescent worms
In the volcanic vents.

No human wearing kohl around her eyes
Could make herself as attractive
As your ink makes you,
Spread around you in a dark halo.

Your tentacles are as graceful
As fronds of seaweed
And I shiver when I think
Of the many places they could touch me.

Your beak is as strong
As the jaws of a giant shark
And there is no one I would rather have by my side
In the fight against the whales.

My love, spread your mantle next to mine
And share your eggs,
That our sons and daughters
May rule the waters.

Song of the Squid
(c)2005 by R. Kelly Wagner

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[bikergeek.livejournal.com]

I take it you've seen Hokusai's "Dream of the Fisherman's Wife"? (Warning: Fine art, but very NSFW if you do a google image search.)