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Life in an Aquarium
Tap, Tap, Tap
I peered through the foggy glass
At my current visitor
It’s yet another small boy
with his sticky, little fingers
and chocolate-stained mouth
Day after day people ogle
through the misty glass
trying to get my attention
Do they expect me to wave back,
or do a back flip into the wall,
or dance the hula?
Isn’t it bad enough that I was
sentenced to this watery dungeon
since I first waved my flipper?
What I want is to be free
I want to be released
from this soggy prison
I want to roam the ocean
I want to ride the waves
I want to feel the current on my scales
Yet, all I get is a handful
of expired tuna for breakfast
I’m a vegetarian!
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