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fish, cat, and woman
it will be evening soon
a meal will be cooked
fried with ginger and lemon grass
on a black grill
the head of the jungle perch
will be given to the cat
the woman could eat the head
it is the best part
but she loves her cat
the cat consumes the fish head and tail
then goes out
to watch the stilts and avocets
delicately wade into the dusk
the woman eats the tender fire flushed meat
with roti bread
dipped in dark anchovy sauce
the bones of the fish she will plant in her garden
to nourish the soil
i am a better fisher than the cat
the woman is a better cat lover than i
when we are under the mosquito tent
that hangs over her creaky cot
i hear the fish in the lake leaping
moonlight splashes on the window
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Eric Ashford
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