Whispers Of The Shoal by Lori Yamamoto

little fin, little tooth in the murky word mama gills fetches thunder doot-doot, ack-bla-doot song from your gut-cave just that doot-doot, ack-bla-doot thunder-bird without scream, mama brings glassy dream, ring from gasoline queen’s knuckle, doot-doot, ack-bla-doot, gravel in your throat-box, just that doot-doot, ack-bla-doot. glassy dream turns algae-black, daddy fin brings looking-back, mercury pool in cracked sack, doot-doot, ack-bla-doot, humming the mud-spiral, just that doot-doot, ack-bla-doot. looking-back shatters to sand, mama lassos goat of the land, beard-on-legs with devil’s hand, doot-doot, ack-bla-doot, click in your click-box, just that doot-doot, ack-bla-doot. devil-hand goat’s horns cross-wise, mama trades for rockin’-surprise, spine of wood with glass-button eyes, doot-doot, ack-bla-doot, electric eel moan, just that doot-doot, ack-bla-doot. rockin’-surprise tips on its side mama gets you a dog to ride dust-bin barker with nowhere-hide doot-doot, ack-bla-doot buzz from the neon sign just that doot-doot, ack-bla-doot barker-dog’s got no bark in its throat, mama buys you a cart and a goat, no... a horse... or a fish with a coat, thing on the road that don’t quite float, doot-doot, ack-bla-doot, gargling the moon-rock, just that doot-doot, ack-bla-doot. thing-on-the-road falls apart, you’re the sweetest razor-heart, prettiest teeth in the shoal-depart, doot-doot, ack-bla-doot, is that... is that all? yeah... ack-bla-doot.