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quite possibly, this is the only poem i've written that i also have memorized.


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beautiful fish/title poem from my collection.


beautiful fish
swimming in the sea
such a beautiful fish
swimming next to me

beautiful fish
'til the fisherman got her
threw her back in
quicker than he caught her

beautiful fish
thrown back in the sea
swam 'round in circles
feeling ugly

"i'm an ugly fish
thrown back in the sea
i took his bait
but he didn't want me!"


hey beautiful fish
returned to the sea
can you take out a moment
explain something to me

why do you feel ugly
being tossed back in
but pretty on the hook
of a fisherman?

beautiful fish
what you're sayin' to me
is you'd rather be eaten
than swimmin' next to me

beautiful fish
if you let his bait flatter
you'll be cut. cleaned and cooked
in his wife's homemade batter

oh my beautiful fish
returned to the sea

you're still a beautiful fish to me.