Underwater Politics Poem by Stefanie Fontker

I am phytoplankton
In Your underworld
Your underwater
Kingdom of Lies
The lowest life form
You tell me
Again and again
King Shark!
You rule the seas
At the top
Of many chains
You sit
You have raped
Poseidon, and eaten
Your brethren
I, lowly servant
Am here to please You
Yes? Yes!
Kneel and praise
You're too arrogant
To note my sarcasm
Oh great One!
I feel Your wrath
And I kiss Your feet
But You need me
Oh so dearly
I am the base
Of this very ecosystem
Sole producer
I made You
So if You are King,
I am Lord