Hemiceratoides hieroglyphica
Beneath the brackish
dome of night
s|he sates an
unusual thirst.
S|he stalks the roosts
of the unwitting
and tastes greedily
of their tears.
S|he visits me
in a space
of restless
hypnagogia.
The proboscis gouges
my lacrimal gland
like a lepidopterist
pinning wings
Draining my cache
of anguish before
s|he departs for
another hydrated cornea.
Now when my eyes
strain and fail
to leak their
liquids of catharsis,
I wonder if
s|he’s out there
crying for me.