Status Updates From The Book of Sharks

The man with jaws in his window is the most afraid
he's inessential.

He wants a prop,
a shortcut to identity.

whereas Death knows Its own size already
and doesn't need his bones.

In the oldest story we know of, sharks came first:
the perfect idea, perfect shape.

And then the rest of Creation - the sun, the moon,
this planet - to give them a home.

We live on that afterthought,
build boats to crisscross the water

build churches like islands
surrounded by our cars.