This town will eat you alive.

Swallow you whole.

Like a beast of the deep.

If you ask the stars,

and seek the moon,

after the sun has set,

what will they say

with your mouth agape in awe?

The footprints on the same trail,

passing bears along

with claws and teeth,

hair and nails.

Beginning to feel,

just a man-eater like you

stuck inside a body

like mine.