By Bradford Middleton
I wake with a startle as three
Sharks come to circle me in my
Own pool of fear as a dream
Comes to horrify me awake.
The sharks are as big as any
Spielberg could have imagined
& I know even the hint of red
Would mean my imminent
Demise but as I look up I
See a girl climbing from the
Pool when suddenly I wake up.
Bradford Middleton lives in Brighton on England’s south coast. Recent poems have been, or will be shortly, published at Fixator Press, Dear Booze, Horror Sleaze Trash, Mad Swirl and Broken Teacup. His most recent chapbook, his fifth, was published by the Alien Buddha Press in 2023. On Twitter/X follow @BradfordMiddle5
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