In Europe
A schnauzer
But chariot!
The gremlin
Is an albatross
To Optimus Prime
Or the Thing
Flipping rain clouds
Colonized by the retina
Of the closeted Buddhist
In a costumed Catholic
Embalmed by ambiguity
And lurid attempts
To asphyxiate the cycle
Of barricading doors,
[I am grateful for an underwater ally.]