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The Nusselback
Of the animals there is but one king,
And that is the bird without wing
And though he scarce
be four feet tall
He is but hairs
From king of all
The Nusselback, with flippers like a seal’s and bald, blubbery skin
The Nusselback, with feet like paintbrushes and a beak that goes in
In place of eyes, fleshy or’fices yawn about the face
An eye in its stomach, peering with ethereal grace
Its teeth a grimace in contempt of our race
Oh, how it longs to put us in our place!
About his chest are eight hung
Lumpy glands to feed his young
And when his young awake
All man’s laws will soon break
And as our leaders and legends fall
As they are put blind against the wall
As his children bellow their sickening call
The Nusselback smiles, for it is now truly god
and lord
and king
of all.
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The Nusselback is a recurring figure in my dreams, and the subject of various drawings I have made.