My Heart Bleeds

by

Agnes Wall

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There was a time
a happy time
when in King Neptune's court I dwelt
The darling of the sea nymph Amphistrite
till Neptune's trident pierced my butt
right in the end
the bitter end.
And my heart bleeds.

Banned from the Eden of the Sea
in human form a fisherman
my back bent from my tedious tasks
with haunted eyes I stare at you.
While my heart bleeds.

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