tickling my cheek
it moves threadlike

sinister appari-
tion, mouth flickering, 
its stalked eyes gleam
towards me
crawling.
hand placed on lever,

moment becomes months, i  
ebb here one glimpse longer.

monster crabs
approaching still,
claws and algal slime.
hanging over the world, 
isolation, desolation abominable:
north only darkness;
east, Dead Sea, stony beach, red sky