III

The Bible mentions that the world once had sea monsters (JOB 41:1-43). Evolution mentions they swam over Kansas.

Hellmouth, the gateway guard 

at the Stull stairway,

the Devil's goldfish,

circling, undulating

with his fiery belly screaming.

A sweetness drifting

from the monster's jaws,

alluring oceanic intruders,

cooking them in his gut,

never bothering to taste.

Keeping Kansas safe and clean,

while maintaing Hell's status quo,

causing the "Prince of Hell,"

Leviathan, to vex himself with envy

shedding tail scales

and wailing in underwater caves

with envious despair,

crooning with the sorrow

of pathetic giant fish.

Kansas, my Atlantis,

land once under the sea,

Home to sea monsters

and home to me.

-c.sharp