A clown fish in a fish tank. Picture credit: johnnyyip35 - CC0
Tomorrow when fishermen
pull up the net, they’ll quickly toss
the sad fish back to the ocean.
But tonight, he is swimming with glee
alongside his parents and siblings.
What’s that? It is beautiful.
Dangling in the near distance,
shimmering white strings dance.
How can he ignore the Sirens call?
He accepts the invitation,
swimming in and out
of each laced portal hole.
He is getting tired as the plastic tightens around his throat.
And as he looks up toward the distorted sky through the water,
He doesn’t know who to blame.
Noah Eckstein