plastic fish

trade in your eyes
see past your face
blow up your chest and suck out your waste
swallow the myth and regurgitate
examine the bile but ignore the bait
plastic fish swim in shallow water

skimming the surface of a superficial lake
lost in conversation watered down and fake
why go too deep beyond fashion and time
just float on the waves like some shipwrecked concubine
plastic fish swim in shallow water

when his sun shone and you started to melt
cosmetic tears for a childhood that you never felt
you thought he was your father come to save you from the sharks
until side by side he led you into his fisher price ark
plastic fish flounder in the shallows
plastic fish float like marshmallows
plastic fish swim in shallow water
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