storing oxygen
in a pair of secondary organs
while swimming through my blood
it pulled itself forward on flippers
rough-hewn legs too slow
to evade an apex predator
but then
it broke through my skin
and had the new world to itself
ancestor under the skin (20170226)
Words and Feathers 
Nice one for just after breakfast 🙂 Made me think of Alien and poor old John Hurt.
There’s definitely some of that in here.
You have got to read this one for Open Mic.
Hmm… I do need to get something else up there…
When my ancestors peek out of me, they look like they’re caged. 😀 Cool words! Did it hurt when your ancestors tore out of you or were they more like gassy farts?
~PR
Just imagine that scene in Alien.