A
Fisherman Scare
It’s the view
you’d get in
a mirror
if one fish,
puckers the glass
in a sucking kiss.
But it’s two, latching on
to each other.
Don’t be fooled, they are
not the
world’s great lovers
of the deep, they
are
fighting fish.
Not the ones
called Siamese
fighters
whose anger flares
fabulous
colour variations
and flowing tails, just
waiting to be torn,
those elegant ghouls.
These are plain,
the shape drawn
by children with
simple scales
in overlapping
U’s.
Sailors beware.
oh, terrific writing!
ReplyDeleteI shouldn't have a comma in line 3, silly me. Thanks for your kind comment Efi.
ReplyDeletehmmm, I think the comma adds a certain unexpected something...think about it a bit?
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