The Creature From The Ludlow Lagoon

In late fall
As the dead
And dying leaves
Blanket the ground

Shore and Sea birds
Abandon the water
And lurk in the shadows
Awaiting
Tremulous
Wary

A creature emerges
A minion
Spiraling
From the mud bound depths
Towards the light above

Seeking

BLOOD...

Its eyes
Contain
Remorse
For the 
Sapiens
That
Found
The costume
He thought
He'd chewed
Into wretched oblivion

Oh...  
The indignity
Of it all