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Feelings Carefully Prepared

 

it’s the raw fish

of living

clumps of seaweed

stifling the tincture

of happiness

 

we swim without fins

a delicacy for some

a romance for the persnickety 

upstream, salmon fly

 

we use chopsticks

for arms to hold 

each other

in fluent sway

 

and yet

we are still

stanzas away

from a sushi satisfaction

the frustration unrefined.

 

 

erin-cilberto

9/17/25

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    4 COMMENTS

    1. The King of Metaphor,

      jacob, I’ve often marveled at the unique originality of your stunning analogical imagery … this piece is overflowing with this brilliance.
      I mean, who else would/could have come up with such a title that morphs from raw fish into emotional human vibrance, with but a few strokes of a ultra-creative, skilled pen?

      How slippery relationships can all too often be, or become, just like this poem.
      I really got a knowing smile outta this’n … thanks, Jacob! ⁓ Richard🖌

    2. I’ve read through this so many times and I have now somehow managed to lose count of the various ways in which I have so far managed to interpret it .. Indeed, such variances can only be satisfactorily juxtaposed against the vibrant backcloth of human relationships that I know from both personal and professional experience to exist .. You have such a unique way with words Jacob it has the JEC stamp running all the way through it .. Neville

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