Stonefish are well hard. But also, apparently, tasty.
Don’t start with me.
I’ll take you down
I’ll fuck you up
I rule this town.
Don’t look this way
Don’t even try
My gangland threads
Should tell you why.
Get in my face,
My fins will change
To warn you to
Stay out of range.
You want to fight?
I’ll make you sob
I’ve got a switchblade
In my gob.
And don’t you put me
On your plate
This isn’t blood
It’s poison, mate.
The fact that humans
Can digest
My venom without harm?
It’s best
We just ignore
That little fact
Come on! There’s such
A thing as tact!
I am the scariest
Of fishes
But also, sadly,
I’m delicious.
Tom Juniper Poetry 