EarthSourceMedia Reports for January 15th, 2010 – Racano photo
Designer Fish
Once upon a time, I made a wish
for a great big pond with ‘designer fish’
with golden scales, triple tails
and holes that let them spout like whales
platinum gills, ruby lips
and fancy fins with topaz tips
They had no feet for designer shoes
but they blew square bubbles when they sang the blues
No feet=no shoes= no need for laces
they could swim in the sink but kept smashing their faces
The bathtub was better, but better wasn’t best
so they jumped to the pond by inflating their chest
Exhaling with force determined their course
They called back with code that was something like morse
“It’s your turn, so do it- now, don’t you be scared”
“It’s easy”, I said, “look- that guppy just dared!”
“Get going! I said, “Here, I’ll give you a push!”
“Don’t touch me!”, he yelled, and exhaled with a ‘whoosh’!
The pond was soon filled, fish were swimming a runway
The show ran all weekend, a winner picked sunday
The Jellyfish flowed, the Puffer fish blowed
The Minnows held finals inside a commode
The bigger fish jumped to a lake at the park-
believe me, they had to- the judge was a shark!
But just as the winner was about to be announced,
it sounded like flushing, and everything bounced
It turned out that no one had granted my wish
and so ended my days of designer fish!
joey racano
One of your better works! Love this one (too).
What an awesome poem, Joe. God, you’ve gotten good!
I love this blog, man. I wish you could accept comments on your other site!
Cheers,
-SM