Sphinx
What walks on four legs…? Oh, forget it.
What’s the point? They mock my riddles:
What has four legs and no nose?
I used to eat them whole,
No joke. No mercy.
Look at them now,
Walking on,
Two legs.
Man.

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Monsters
PoetryA series of poems of different styles, united by the theme of monsters. The first ten were my entry into the 2012 Attys. Audio performances can be found at the link below: http://soundcloud.com/jonnycastoardern/sets/monsters/