Joby Griffin

Venus Flytrap

I am the fly in the Venus

Struggling hard, but to no avail

Cannot seem to get out of this jail

I am the fly in the Venus flytrap

You enticed me with your sweet taste

But your kiss was poison

Now I’m dying slowly in your grasp

The ever constricting grip

Which will inevitably become my tomb.

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Joby Griffin grew up in the countryside outside of Batesville, MS. Joby plans to transfer to Full Sail University for videogame design. Joby grew up with three brothers and one sister, who tragically drowned in the Tallahatchie River, when he was six. He currently lives south of Batesville with his brother and mother, where he spends time writing short books and poems when not doing schoolwork