MERMAID 

I am afraid of not getting 
Everything I want 
So I starve myself dry 
To last forever just for you 
Do you prefer me 
With legs or a tail 
How many legs would I have 
Would my tail be prim and proper 
Or feral and unkempt 
I was once a fish 
But am now a girl 
Bed-rotting 
In an oyster bed 
I shit the world’s largest pearl 
To prove that my hunger 
Is capable of creating sustenance 
My best friend is 
An anorexic fish 
In visible distress 
As soon as he turns 
To face the camera 
He is gone