The September 2007 poetry project consists of writing one poem per day in the month of September and putting it up for public consumption regardless of its state of completion.

Poem 23. Fishbowl

The fish swim outside my window,

big lips kissing the clouds, fins swaying backwards and forwards,

tails navigating left and right.

I live in a castle with a drawbridge that opens and closes,

powered by a motor that lies

beneath the road, beneath the sewer pipes.

The bravest fish swims in my window,

an angelfish,

it doesn't notice me lying on my bed,

but swims out the door,

and out the drawbridge,

back to the air.

©Rachel Levine 2007