Fish In The City

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The fish tired of swimming in circles

He seemed to be getting nowhere

So he traded his fins for two legs

And decided to come up for air

 

He spotted palm trees in the distance

And he made his way toward land

Then squished his newly grown toes

Into the warm soft beachy sand

 

He noticed a strange new creature

Who went by the name of ‘man’

And secured himself a hiding place

In the back of this creature’s van

 

He disembarked in the big city

Where many former fish had spawned

And every one of them told him

How they longed for the good old pond

 

The lesson that this fish had learned

Was no one was going anywhere

You can just as easily drown in water

As you can when you come up for air

 

If every day we all have to battle

Life can seem like a long grueling war

We all drown in the same old question

What is it we're all fishing for?

 

s. paul  (June 2022)