Stalagmites

by kholinar

If this is then,
then that’s that.
And that’s
prattle, clearly.
Little brats and
turtles paddle
the deep and well-
behaved caverns.
Stark patterns
abused, plaid
slatterns amuse
your testbed
with hatches battened.
Accused, we seek
our muse and
slaughter belief
pre-fattened.