Inside the belly of the whale <br />He left her to construct her fate <br />A conduct far beyond the pale <br /> <br />A darkness like the pit of hell <br />She slipped and tumbled upside down <br />Inside the belly of the whale <br /> <br />Skeletal hands with sharp toenails <br />That clung to alabaster walls <br />And onyx wing-beats flapped pell-mell <br /> <br />The mousy guano rained and fell <br />Laying eggs inside her hair <br />Inside the belly of the whale! <br /> <br />She looked to hide to no avail <br />He'd plowed ahead and left her there <br />A conduct far beyond the pale <br /> <br />No handholds, twas like reading Braille <br />He'd doused the green light lamp telltales <br />Inside the belly of the whale <br />A conduct far beyond the pale<br /><br />Sara Fielder<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-alabaster-cave-a-villanelle/
