a conversation in poetry

Dominique Hecq #13 Fish Dance Responding to

Ali Jane Smith #10 Is that even how you spell it?

after MelindaSmith #6 the glass which is keeping...

the fish oil sounds different to the shark cartilage

and that's exactly what you'd expect:

                                                 a fish out of water.

You’ve done this before

and so, recap

as they say… try

to feel

                                         the shore flat and wide.

Dance!

(forget the moonstruck Pierrot who can sing)

Listen to the bassoon at the top of its range, distorting the idea of sound itself.

Feel it?

And then, yes!

Surrender

                   and rise, slowly

lest you fall