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Ready to Rot

May 4, 2023
By 23srosen BRONZE, Westwood, Massachusetts
23srosen BRONZE, Westwood, Massachusetts
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There was a fish that was stuck in a shed

Rocking the bucket would cause pour

 


His eyes just pranced, then met the door

No simple future seen ahead


“How’d I get here,” he sighed in wonder

He remembered a hook stuck in a pore

 


But he gave up, sick of feeling sore

Now just waiting to be torn asunder


However his doom paused ‘cause instead

The door was opened with a great thunder

 


Through he accepted his fate as dead

The bucket was grabbed, supported from under

 


Now there is no more to be said

He was tossed to sea without a blunder.


The author's comments:

An extended metaphor poem about dread and hope.


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