river rat: Acid + Water = dilution
Water corrodes parts God made waterproof.
I rust and scales appear beneath my belly, pale and soft
except where a propeller caught 'hold.
Down a corridor a man poles a boat full of shredded paper
and your co-worker tosses his coffee cup in like it was
a thirty foot long black and red lacquered waste bin from the Venice Office Depot.
Never mind the Gondolier.
A man named Charles introduces himself as that rock bass
you caught on your eigth birthday using Ron Popiel's Pocket Fisherman.
He leans close and says, "You never told them you peed your pants, did you?'
"You were bony." You speak. You would yell if you thought it would make a difference.
Charles. Who would name a fish Charles?
