THE SUBMARINE / by Joe Castorino

The dastardly devil is like

An enemy submarine,

He cruises the surface of

The lukewarm sea, in the

Dark Night of Unknowing,

He doesn’t even try to hide,

Because most people 

Don’t even bother to look for him,

Busied as they are with 

Wasteful wars of words,

But when he sees that 

Someone does recognize him,

He submerges into the

Darkest depths, and he

Wages war, but secretly,

Then he returns once again,

Peering through his periscope,

Looking for someone to devour

With the torpedoes of temptation.