5/6/22

while walking the fish


we don’t have a dog yet
but we talk about it as
a maybe

I’m up again at 2 am to take
the fish in my head out for
a walk

she wants a rabbit someday,
I want her and whatever animal
comes with her

we are water in water,
a crab mingling with a scorpion,
a perfect match

there’s a predator flying high
above her daydreams, a raptor in
the wind

all the insects that I’ve killed
come alive again at night
seeking their revenge

  sometimes at dusk I hear a
  dog barking in the distance
  and hope its happy

  the fish stop swimming for
  a minute
  as the raptor dives in


(image by Arun Mohanraj on fineartamerica.com)



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