Tuesday, October 17, 2006

coda














O! To belong to a thing
that will have none of you!
To be a fish that belongs
to the sky.
There's a copper key
on the ocean floor
that works a wind-up bird.
Its song could teach a fish
to fly.

3 comments:

Linda S. Wingerter said...

I think I might not have been able to guess who this was, were it not for the "roller derby" listed in your profile...

Grace Lin said...

i love this poem...especially the fish reference

Linda S. Wingerter said...

I forgot about your fish, Grace, and how they were accosting you. Sorry! :D