POETRY

i crocodile

By Joey De Jesus

i crocodile i cool
licorice or loco

or i docile,
coddled cleidoic

icicle core
i do cold deed

i red-rolled o circle
dire i,

i drool dead oil
drilled,

orc lord—i old
ore eroded

i older—relic,
colored cleric

i eidolic. i cried,
o idol o lore