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Lobster, Tank, Still, Life

from Water Seeking Light Audio Book by Christopher Robin Anderl

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Lobster, tank, still, life


I.

I would set free
the lobsters in their
gross glassery case,

but for a place

to put them.

I would send them out
the fire exit door, into the moist

warm night, send them toward
the lakes and rivers, but no,

no they must await
their allotted time

like the rest who work
these flourescent aisles,

who sit behind their own
tanks and glass walls,

waiting

for retirement


II.

Some strut proud

in the bubbling enclosure
in the penetentiary-lit corner

of the stench-ridden meat
counter

others, most, cower

silently and sullenly together
in a corner, their life

all but gone

I think that to set them free
even in the aisles might be

a preferable fate to this,

but
return to my wine
selection

lobster,
tank,
still,
life,
in the back corner

of the store,
next to the wine, a place to drown

one’s sorrows
at this world.

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from Water Seeking Light Audio Book, released January 1, 2011

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