CARASSIUS AURATUS

somewhere behind her bottlethick glasses
her eyes like fish swam
in an aquarium

she talked and talked
as if she were on a merry-go-round she
couldn't get off

her thoughts
goldfish
swimming 'round'round a bowl

she on the other hand had
the annoying habit of drifting
off to sleep if someone else dare speak

asleep now and snoring
her eyes dead gold fish
floating on the water's surface