Dear Alison
Because of my computer misbehavior, my Snapshot #2 that I titled "Fish"
caused some confusion. May I therefore type it complete here (I hope my
computer will behave now!)
Two fish in a bowl,
so quiet, so at ease.
Always the flow,
the perfect synchronicity.
Who put the fish in the bowl?
Who placed the water there?
On what table? In what room?
Who will feed the fish?
There was no elegance
in the hands that fed them yesterday.
So functional.
A task? A duty?
Who has named the fish?
The shades are being drawn.
It is evening
The fish. The fish. Where are they going?
Elegant hands hold the silver at the dinner table.
-- Harriet Zinnes
(New York City at home. 8/17/01.
late afternoon)
Thank you for your patience.
H.
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