You go from a
disclosure
to an
announcement in 4 gallons.
Friends, your
cigarettes
look like
tiny fish food morsels
and are
killing our fish.
You of course
want proof.
There is a goldfish society
sunlight will
find. A bright
red flag.
Science in the daylight
will not
reach a definite conclusion.
You are
horrible
thunder over
the water.
When you’re
setting up
an aquarium,
your teeth snap.
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A half an
inch of good,
flat skipping
rocks.
Your speech
patterns
will become
simpler over time.
If the fish
lack heads,
1 can diced
chilies.
A color
scheme
based on
nature.
Across the
street
there is an
aquarium
under construction.
I am writing
postcards
with text and
2 old men
fishing with
dynamite.
Scott Abels currently lives
and teaches in Honolulu, where he edits the online poetry journal Country Music. He is
the author of Rambo Goes to Idaho
(BlazeVOX, 2011) and Nebraska Fantastic (Beard
of Bees, 2012).