HARD TO BEAT

no tiger claws
no vampire teeth

even so
walked through this door
and I was recruited
for murder

all above board
Geneva Conventioned

quickly prepped
armed
and parachuted

into the fray
proverbially armed
to the teeth
(aforementioned teeth)

and what teeth!
less of interest to a
naturalist than
an orthodontist

not much good
for snarling or
biting
through arteries

but pretty
good
with pins

and securing commando
knives between
teeth whilst
leopard crawling

pretty
good
with pins

at pulling them from
grenades with
my teeth

pretty hard
to beat

Published by Damian Garside