Like Guppies Poem by Glen Martin Fitch

Like Guppies



With snapping tails
while swimming around and round
they each explore
the kingdom of their sphere.
With all needs met
why would they bound from here?
But freedom is an urge
that's quite profound.
The globe of glass
confounds that pesky wish.
To eat? To sleep?
To bite? To hide? To go?
It's said the only one
who doesn't know a fish
is under water
is a fish.
You kept us,
showed us off.
Each was your toy.
You teased us more and more
when you got bored.
Not love and life,
hostility you stored.
To rid yourself of us
brought swells of joy.
You spill your little swimmers
down the bowl
with such relief.
Then flush us down the hole.

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