story fishy

"There's Got to be more

 to bastard life than this!"

Exclaimed my Goldfish

& fellow speaking Creature, Chris

before collapsing on the sofa

- good effort fish bliss.





"There is"

I replied

"My memorable pal

my Icthionic friend,

just sometimes swim further

- or possibly sideways

 you'll get there in the end"





"As there's often more to this shite

gilled chum

than often again

 first appears"







But Chris was sweetly sleeping

& proper bolloxed by now

so it fell on deaf fish ears.





THE END

...











critique

Borderline late

1 Lammas Eve

when nan had stumbled to bed,

a fluorescent elf

tapped on the back door

which I ajared

 thence it said...





'Would you like to hear my poem?

I penned it just for you,

it has several Special stanzas

plus a scant spin-off dance

- it'll only last a minute

or 2'





~





It was rubbish,

utter bollocks

...








another time

Nice 1 - nice swan

yes thanks again

may most of your daze be merry,

I'd love to stay & chat

about Norse-sorts & all-sorts & that

but sadly

I desperately

need to catch that ferry.




& of course Carausius & the Tudors

I'm sure we'll come to them 

in the future

- yet right now

my sands of time

are falling fast,

so that shed - I'll wave a toodaloo,

sayonara

et adieu 

as not everything has the luxury

of existing in the past

...