We talk about water and the way it gets you to want to dine, the fish, those are food
The fishes, those are learning to breathe air, giant lips that gulp at each bulge of dark water, having no sense of death—
Not yet, they float out on their sides
past an inlet our eyes past a ship, then back to our own business. The planet is melting, this holds no fear for some
But in others changed their souls
A puzzle of crossed words
punishment and broken promises
this earth, little by little
Since the beginning