They can survive underwater you know
for many days
many years
as long as they need to.
Walking along the ocean floor
clawing at dead whales
decaying with sunken ships and
unlucky divers.
but you and i
we need air.
we cannot walk in the waste
breathe that salt
you and i cannot
fend for ourselves amongst the sharks
the sharpened pirate planks
you and i bleed
from the tips of our toes
the backs of our knees
in-between our shoulder blades
you and i bleed
and we
suffocate.
We bleed
and we
suffocate.