CATFISH IN THE WOODS – Poetry, by Yoko Danno

CATFISH IN THE WOODS

My dog suddenly runs off, slipping the leash startled by a wild beast. Without blowing a conch, the giant fish-god tosses and turns, in the deep ocean bed, heaving his bloated belly in his millenary sleep. The mischievous catfish plays dirty tricks, belching out muddy billows over homes, rice paddies boats, cars, nuclear plants, guzzling them all alive. Under a tree radioactive, rays filtering through branches fall on my face.

(Yoko Danno)

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