Bait and Tackle

[Rikimaru]

Two fish swim through their school of guppies

both yuppie-eyed, looking for a lover

they cast their lines out, miles apart

and each fish catches the other

they fight to swim away,

but they still reel in.

They try to pull the hooks out of their cheeks

but instead their lips meet

they roll on their bellies, their little tails thrash

they let go of their pickup lines, and start to swim fast

they mess up their surroundings, but the other fish ignore

they tumble down slowly from the kelp bed to the ocean floor

the little fish dance to the beat of their hearts,

the school that swims above them is too busy being eaten by sharks

And the sands never settle

and their knots pull tighter

they drift along and down a rift into the blackest depths beneath the ocean blue.