Consumed

dainty feet
upon compact sand
pressure, small but felt
by the smaller creatures
           of the near-deep

they share kinship
with Aphrodite
but not her form
both, born from shell
destined to be consumed

like the courtship
of Hades and Persephone
tides cut existence in two

the warmth of the sun
comes with the day-horror
of beaks and clam-diggers

until the fickle moon
returns the heavy blanket
cold, wet, and dark

then the smaller creatures
           of the near-deep
feed on even more
minuscule things

Attributions
Image 1 by Bottecelli
Image 2
Consumed is copyright Pryde Foltz

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