Something Fishy


I envy fish.

Fish have no responsibilities
Except to survive.

I’ve never known a carp
That answered phones
Or to a boss.

Whoever heard of a dolphin
That needed to pay
The electric bill?

And every shark you ever meet
Can afford
To feed itself.

A fish never has to be told
What to do
Or where to go
By someone much younger.

A fish, you see,
Is supremely
And divinely
Free.

Fish shouldn’t have to swim
In tanks with glass walls.
They weren’t meant to.

Fish in the sea
Like the birds that you see
Are happy and joyful
And free.

I wish
That fish
Was me.