Depth - it's a print and a poem too!

an alligator
under a whale
under a shark
beneath
a cloud

toxic flowers
under
sparkling spray waters
abound

sticky tape
pulls and tears
ink hisses a little too loudly
ah, some of these
are quite damaged

i don't come cheap
even my seconds
arrive first
big prints
little prints from
canvas to cardboard

ink that won't dry
someone she admires
you were part of my
child
hood
when you made the smear on your
beard

you gambled
you lost
in the depth the clouds can rain
directly on the crocodile
on the crocodile grin