Tied to Teeth and Mouth

-Tied to Teeth and Mouth-
by
Keaton Foster



Carnivores galore
Tied to teeth and mouth
Always looking for a feast
What can be eaten
Who can we consume
The ache of being fed too much
Is only rivaled by the ache
Of wanting to devour it all.

We are so damn sure that
The weak are meant to die
And that the overtly strong
Are meant to get by
That we do what it takes
Without regret, without haste
This world is not fair
This prison is not equal
Survival is no more a right
Than being born.

In such a crownless universe
Consumption is the only king
The ruler and master of everything
All that once made us
More human than beast is gone
All of our compassion
Has been forever misplaced
What remains is only animalistic.

The forest is chalk full
Of many terrifying creatures
Each one equally more frightening
We are sure to lure our victims in
With kind words and promises
As soon as they are comfortable
As soon as they let their guard down
We rip them limb from limb
And consume with ease.

Suckling on their juices makes us fat
Such whales of excess we’ve become
Unable to move, unable to escape
In time we ourselves become easier prey
For those climbing up through the ranks
Such an endless cycle of gluttony
Is tied to teeth and mouth.

Free of a soul and any doubt
We are sure that we
Every single damn one of us
Is the superior one of our species
Annihilation through redundancy
Obliteration through causality
Those fortunate to remain
Will starve to death
Those who reach the end
Will find truth in only nothing.

In the case of all humankind
In this wilderness of time
The strongest will not survive
Because every single one of us
Even the apex predators
Of our combined society
Is tied to teeth and mouth…



Tied to Teeth and Mouth
Written by Keaton Foster Copyright © 2013