Sunday, February 18, 2007

Ouwr

You don't know it, but we are the walrie. We. Are. The Walrie.

We lie in wait where the sun doesn't shine, soaking up darkness, perpetually pale and formless. We are frankly large, made of a shape too grotesque to be named. Our hearts beat in rhythm. Thud. Thud. Our breathing quickens obscenely when we see our prey; grows heavier, deeper, sporadic grunts betraying the urgency hidden beneath our layers of vibrating fat.

Our bowels rumble, and our loins quiver. Our erect whiskers twitch. They play in the sun, barking cheerfully, clapping inanely. There are games. There is fish. They are happy. If they had lips, their mouths would be permanently affixed with a vapid smile.

It's a wonder the ice doesn't melt and shatter around us, and we fall through with a deafening splash, sinking into the freezing water's sinister depths. We Are The Walrie, seconds away from thundering over and suffocating you with our wrinkled blubber, pinning you down without respect. It's a wonder you don't watch us watching you.

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