Behold the riptide danger
Like you would any other
With hesitancy and curiosity
With translucent icy alacrity

How does it treat you differently?
Its movement or its faculty
For autonomy and a perceived will
One rapacious but not out to kill

It is making itself known
Like a mammal in heat
Or is it only moonblown
By a chaotic coercion to cheat

Lifelessness