swim i am <br />immature <br />in blue <br />my eyes a speck <br />that time <br />and science <br />explore <br />field of reed <br />i lie on the floor <br />gobble water <br />and breed <br /> <br />scaled fear <br />i am lovely <br />and lonely <br />related to <br />stone and brook <br />slimy fanged <br />guts full <br />of mud <br />I am rude <br />in the sea <br />in the nude <br />unshod <br /> <br />i am a fish <br />my hide <br />delights the <br />tide <br />find me <br />among <br />reeds <br />in a pool <br />grasp wide <br />for me <br />fool <br /> <br />i belong in river <br />and creek <br />and dell <br />my death <br />is just a <br />smell <br />i gape <br />at your <br />air <br />i am <br />nervous <br />and <br />everywhere <br /> <br />feel me <br />with <br />cold horn <br />fingers <br />see how <br />i wriggle <br />in your <br />hand <br />you’ll <br />never <br />understand <br /> <br />lie me in <br />butter <br />or in <br />salt <br />left <br />to hang <br />i am <br />piscean <br />and stiff <br />and end <br />up <br /> <br />(2007)<br /><br />alexander j watt<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/six-fish-five-alive-and-one-dead/
