Creek Crush

Oh creek monster,

Your slippery skin makes me giggle.

Your black, soulless eyes make me sigh —

Your seaweed hair is luscious. 

You smell so sweetly of fish pie.

Let me lie with you on the lakebed,

So black & empty & dead —

The opposite of what my love is:

Warm & fuzzy & red. 

Love letters written as part of Drift’s Valentine’s Day collection