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Amy Hosig: Shrimp

May 11, 2011 by PBQ

Bless these shrimp from Sing Hing Restaurant
that I am about to eat,
that spent their life, hopefully,
jetting about
in odd, propulsive motion
without minds
and before language.

Oh you little shrimp
who involuntarily
died for me,
make me,
like the intelligent whale,
able to change you
into song.

Filed Under: Contributors 79, Issue 79, Poetry, Poetry 79 Tagged With: Amy Hosig, Contributors 79, Poetry, Poetry 79

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