down in the depths of the crabsick sea
a terrible monster calls to thee
with suckers like saucers
and eyes that authors
have struggled to render effectively:
the kraken barks

full centuries long hast it bust its chops
on barnacl’d rigs and sundry rocks
with fearful appendicals
very like tentacles
handy for tossing back seadogs in smocks:
the kraken barks

when – finally, fatefully roused from slumber
by oil rig drill or submarine blunder
with direful roar
will paddle to shore
and the overpriced pier rides rip asunder:
the kraken barks