he swam upstream
slapping his body against
fate
they called him Sammy
soon he wondered
what dry land felt like
and put on some sandals
flash forward
Sammy is married and has
two children (modest amount
for a fish)
he hides his gills in public
but they all know there’s
something about him –
you could say something fishy,
but that would be too obvious
Rita, his wife, especially
suspects his secret every time
they go the river
or to the ocean
or to the sink
she lives in fear that
what she suspects is true
and then also lives in fear
that Sammy will discover
her secret
she is a sharp-beaked
predator at war with herself.
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