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Suburbs


In the far reaches
of the submerged city
merpeople moved in
by twos and threes
they fit in well
tended to open sushi restaurants
specializing in
whole fish
and other creatures
most people had never seen

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New Seafood Restaurant


aside from the suckered arms
clinging and twining
under the tables
this is a good place

040317

Noah Wasn't Enough

40 days start now
mudslides and lightning
the seas don't overflow
there's not enough water
but that old hydrologic cycle
she's speeding up 1000-fold
flinging seawater everywhere
haddock in Halifax
crabs in Cleveland
squid in Skaneateles
and whales in Waco
as if that town hasn't suffered enough already

020317b

The First Cajuns

some crustacean
known only from its burrows
grew fat under a Paleozoic sun
would have made good eating
if they'd had shrimp-boil spices back then