o sphinx you are so lovely
and also terrible
like this poem
which i wrote just for you

your eyes are like two big circles
in your head
you’re mouth smiles like a very clever sphinx would smile
your nostrils are like smaller circles
sniffing out poetry vile

your claws are very sharp, like a knife🔪
your teeth are also sharp, like a different knife 🔪
but in your mouth
instead of your feet
please don’t eat
me, let me keep
my life