Today in the news: Miraculous Rescue
An uncle drags a shark to shore

to save his near-dead nephew.
A bull of a shark, the arm that it tore

from the boy when he waved for help
fueled the beast's palate; its tail

in the uncle's grip, a blur of blood claret and kelp;
the husks from his palms, a grim and edible kale.

I want a shark that I can wrestle
and make it spit you out. To make it yearn

for its strength, to thrash about as I nestle
its nose in my grip. I want to turn

you loose from a palpable place: a well, a shed, a jaw.
I want the monster to face me and beg for the law.