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GOLDFISH IN MY FISHBOWL, a poem by Julius Dacutanan Mendoza, Switzerland Other Fish Poems Other Dark Poems, Depressing Poems, Death Poems DUAL CATEGORY THIS POET COUNTRIES Categories: Fish Poems & Dark Poems, Depressing Poems, Death Poetry Viewed 4935 times Author: Julius Dacutanan Mendoza, Switzerland Share Poem GOLDFISH IN MY FISHBOWL Mangoes were exploding yellow river lilies pale green and brown rice paddies empty playgrounds and my hair thick with dust blow; things were in full swing in the apotheosis of the sun when I remembered the fishbowl where wrigglers now live. So I bought one lonely goldfish to eat and race them in never ending cicles. Soon -- mangoes fell and rot river lilies bloomed painful lavender rice paddies cold fishing grounds and my hair slick with the torrent; thing were swimming in the treacherous brown current when the circles ended where it should. The goldfish died, but I was still there; lonely one breathing, waiting, dreaming, drowning in a bigger fishbowl-- a bigger goldfish. Click to purchase Print 82463 0 Other Author Poems That Night I DREAMT OF MY FATHER MY POEM Recent Site Documents What type of Valentine do you wish to have? Blog by: Mukeshkumar Raval Just Among Friends (A24) Blog by: Chris Johnson ARE LARGE PHARMACUTICAL COMPANIES PLAYING SCROOGE Blog by: Marcia Schechinger Code Red! (A tale of a media man) Short Story by: Edgar Eslit CONGRATULATORY SPEECH Blog by: Dowell Oba finally... Short Story by: bahar sarafrazi Why I Write About Monsters Blog by: Kristine Trudeau Wonder of Wonders Blog by: Rajaram Ramachandran One upon a time.. Blog by: Pattra Shuwaswat The Rockhill Cosmo and Her Butterfly-I Short Story by: Yarpei Shatsang         If you like this poem, post a message below to the poet!   To Respond, enter a note and then click the "Post Response" button below   Your Response:   Your Name   Your Country       Here are the previous Messages left about this Poem From Comment about poem or author Response Country Response Added kristine great!! sir julius! philippines 3/21/2009 10:38:04 PM louise fab england 3/3/2009 1:59:14 PM louise i like this poem it helped me with my homework england 3/3/2009 1:57:54 PM sammie bagley such a cute write USA 8/6/2008 5:07:50 PM Brad Great poem. Really Sad N\A 5/9/2008 12:55:58 PM     Send this poem to your Friends and Family           Use the following form to support the author by sending this poem to your friends, family and co-workers. Each time that you forward this poem to another friend of yours, the poet will earn marketing credits to get their poem pages displayed even more on the Internet.    Your Name:    Friend's Email:    Note:         Have this poem read to you by one of our Poets! Rate this Poem 1 - Average 2 3 4 5 - Award Winner Not Rated Yet HELP THIS AUTHOR OUT BY COPYING THE FOLLOWING HTML CODE INTO ANY WEBPAGE <a href = "http://www.voicesnet.org/displayonepoem.aspx?poemid=82463">Click here to visit VoicesNet.com to read the poem called "GOLDFISH IN MY FISHBOWL" by Julius Dacutanan Mendoza, Switzerland</a>