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koi
circle
endlessly
beneath the
silver surface
and blue glass
of a lilypad pond. their
eyes bulging gills gulping
the      tiny bubbles on      the
the water ****
   they dart under
  the pink lilies
   like orange
   ghosts or
pale    
wraiths.          
they go round      
and round in the
pond no   bigger than
a golden          thimble    
longing for.                 the sea