• Vol. 04
  • Chapter 08

The anguish of dystopia

Rescued from the effluent
by a bare foot boy,

the small fish swimming in a
ditch, watched by a boy

crying for his mother who
is sleeping too long.

Rescued with his water pail,
then he stoops to drink.

The small fish who came too soon,
saw too much, leaves a brother

to weep for their mother
who is sleeping too long.

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