the mattress

 mattress 

the one cockroach that

whistled to the fly

he moan

he moan as like

a bitter venom

paralyses 

floorboards 

he rests

and tears pages

and howls

unto the moon

eternally for

ages

and a century

foreshore 

the side 

a shell

for foreclosure

a preamble 

to fire

hell?