Don't Throw Me Back

Noah Malice

it's so absurd

caught in the jaws
of this terrible bird

and resigned to my fate
like no one could have heard

but that's just my luck
so i guess i am stuck

the flying fish fell
and well now he is fucked

caught in the grip
and cut short in the slip

straight through my heart
and straight through the lip

i feel so at ease
i must have a disease

eating away at my brain

but this humble fish
has never felt like this

so in love with the pain

so don't throw me back
i couldn't take that

swirling down the drain

  • Author: Noah Malice (Offline Offline)
  • Published: July 28th, 2022 23:16
  • Comment from author about the poem: Rewriting and putting a new spin on a submission of mine from about 4 years ago. I think I like this version much better. Let me know what you think!!
  • Category: Love
  • Views: 37
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  • wren

    Lovely. The rhyme scheme gives it a good rhythm- I laughed out loud when I got to “well now he is fucked” lmao. I couldn’t find the original for comparison, but this one’s great.

    • Noah Malice

      thank you for reading!! haha i'm glad you liked that line, i suppose it is funny

    • L. B. Mek

      there is an image for the saying
      'never give up'
      where a swan is all-but swallowed a frog
      but the frog's hands are chocking
      the swan
      who is looking a little, perplexed:
      (
      https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/708754060076953365/
      )
      and I can't help thinking this image and never give up, theme
      is the antithesis to your image and write..
      lol
      (a really good read and fun
      thanks for sharing, dear poet)



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