A memory of you waddled onto the shores of my mind
flipping in the foamy waves that wash along my thoughts
I picked you up and examined your scales the touch of your floundering fins
I inhaled your scent and savored your taste
but I'm remembering now how the pain of you feels
underneath your scales are spikes that ***** my heart
so I took one last look one last smell one last taste
and threw you back into the ocean to float far away.