go fish

(8 february 1999 *** 12:15 am) 8 april 1999/ 22 nisan 5759 *** 11:25 pm

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she leapt into my heart 

and settled in to stay

.

until it came to us to part

the one that got away

.

another fish has tangled

caught up in my net

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one I’ve barely tasted

easier to get

.

another new life mounted

under every wave

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one I’ve rarely counted

easier to have

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flopped into my waiting hold

gasping for her breath 

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oxygen~less, growing cold

lonely in her death

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another fish surrendered

rolled~up in sea~weed

.

one forever tender

easier to need

.

a mealy mastication

under every chew

.

cool sophistication

easier to do

.

she played upon my running line

never sensing danger

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until she breached the water~line

jerked~out to a strange air

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another snake has trespassed

caught up in my feet

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one i all encompassed

easier to eat

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tidal wave crash down upon

an unsuspecting tide

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one I’ve long looked down upon

easier to hide

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shiny back, blue summer sky

a heaven I imagined

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vultures circle, gonna die

a hero~in her fashion

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another snake has stricken

rolled~up in a tree

.

one forever thickened

easier to feed

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it’s merely masturbation

fortunate of circumstance

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a cruel copulation

easier than true~romance

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***** (inspired by an ugly truth)