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Eric and Jaws

The Two goldfish Eric and jaws are swimming around in their bowl on a glass coffee table located in a small apartment block just south of Manhattan’s lower east side .
they begin a conversation about the origins of life.
jaws turns to eric and says ,
 "there must be more than this" ?,

 Eric replies "don't be ridiculous The world around you is the only one that has life ,the great sprinkler in the sky made us in his own image we clearly came from monkeys he exclaimed ",  

jaws the other goldfish scowling,
protested at this remark,
"then who built the statue that stands amongst the silent green ? ,Jaws gestured toward the bottom of their bowl .

"And it Doesn't look like us".
Eric swam on a little further before replying,
 "our kind made it many sprinkles ago", 
as a tribute, they were simple fish back then , savages even !
that were clearly clueless".

Jaws stopped swimming, "savages ? , that were able to build such a magnificent statue ,with just gravel tools ?, we can't even do that today ! .

"Keep swimming"
Eric exclaimed , or you will ascend up wards and the great sprinkler will take you  into the sky" !.

At this jaws swam on , " so you think we are all there is and no other life exists anywhere else" ?.

Eric chuckled "we should not question but just except the fact evolution and the sprinklers teachings are the law and the only dictates we need.

And the world is not the way you
Perceive the world to be ,young jaws of that I promise you ".

At this point of their conversation The two fish had made a five second revolution of the bowl which in their time had = their worlds space nicely , one turned to the other and they began a conversation about the origins of life jaws says to eric "there must be more than this" to which the Eric replies "don't be ridiculous .............

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Quoth Theraven Date: 9/7/2020 4:12:00 PM Simon Artfully presented and extraordinary. This write was well thought out and satirical. Like a multi-paneled cartoon Far Side poem that Gary Larson would be proud of. I enjoyed the mystery of the unknown..,and air of validity added to the conversation -- "savages ? , that were able to build such a magnificent statue ,with just gravel tools ?, we can't even do that today ! ." -Richard Login to Reply Simon King Date: 9/7/2020 5:53:00 PM Thank you Richard for your kind words and amazing thought out And meaningful review , That is the meat and potatoes which every poet is sustained by , Best regards.

Mark Toney Date: 6/19/2020 10:19:00 AM Déjà vu all over again! There appears to be an undercurrent of existentialism in that fishbowl. Or perhaps, we discern why one of them is named “jaws?” I enjoyed reading this, Simon! ~Mark Login to Reply Mark Toney Date: 6/19/2020 10:41:00 AM And you did it so very well, Simon. Cheers! ~Mark Simon King Date: 6/19/2020 10:36:00 AM Hi mark no reason other than being complete over kill to call a small goldfish jaws , I was putting human attributes and our questioning’s upon these two fictional fish with a sprinkling of tongue in cheek, Thank you for your comments they are much appreciated.