Gerald is only half a fish
with a three second memory
on a serving dish.
he has no tail
but he has got a face
so he knows he's Gerald
he's Gerald the plaice.
He's got a modest fish brain
with which to ponder
why he persists
in living longer.
he feels an absence
where his tail used to be
filled with organs and bones
and arteries.
every three seconds
Gerald reaches a conclusion
for being half a fish
he can have no illusions;
for him -
is not to reason why!
for him -
is just to do and die.
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I'm going to illustrate this and give it to kids at christmas.
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i like this.
yeah i agree with sam pink. plus i think he probably has an enormous johnson.
He knows on a serving dish,
Is no place, for a plaice to be?
Surrounded by parsley sprigs,
and tarragon leafs.
Lit by his dull gluey mucous eye
A gray wedge of lemon and black and white wine
But what was clear was an end,
and an end Gerald now feared.
Excuse me he heard,
a voice feminine but bold.
‘This fish is plaice -
I wanted a sole’
Back in the kitchen,
Face down in some slop
only then did Gerald’s spirits drop.
Every three seconds
Gerald reaches a conclusion
for being half a fish
he can have no illusions;
for him -
is not to reason why!
for him -
is just to do and die.
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Sorry, couldn't help myself!
haha. this is very dark for children. do it.
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