Fish Eyes Bulge

    Remove the joy from life
      replace it with drudge

    Fill a freshwater pond
      with pitch-black sludge

    Fish eyes bulge, gills choke
      ~ underwater's stroke
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Rodrigues Avatar
February 24, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Oh my! We don’t want to be choked out. There is this side of life…one day it will be no more.
Jones Avatar
February 22, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Interesting poem can have a double meaning!
Tor Avatar
February 21, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Lol lets keep the earth clean and free of sludge. I recall the Valdez event major sludge. Michael
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