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M a r y B u c h i n g e r
Speak Fish
is it so effortless to be fish
getting those tiny bones
hitched into the spine
fins fanning out just so
oh tell me scales how
you flash scores of hues
as if each knows about
the other meshing
and shimmering as one
countless silvery blush
speak fish or don’t if
all be other than easy
copyright 2014 by Mary Buchinger
guest editor: Sara Biggs Chaney
Afterword
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