I am the master
of whatever happens.
No worries
about death by stingray,
as I quash every opportunity
for murder
or maiming at sea.
I own my destiny
as I don’t
even venture into
Lake Michigan,
for fear a
fresh-water stingray
might seek me out,
to kill me.
“Land Shark!” was printed in Esther, No. 1 of Inwood Indiana. Pick up the paperback from Prolific Press; the stories and poems published online are free to read here.
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