Tuesday, April 14, 2026

Mary Mayer Shapiro

LIVING IN A FAIRY TALE 


I am born 

Look around 

See siblings 

Mommy and Daddy 

Not there 

We are orphans 

Growing up in an  

Underwater city 

Enclosed with glass 

On all sides 

With my siblings 

Search for food 

Live in a protected area  

Tropical setting 

Villages  

Houses, schools 

Library restaurants 

Castles, mushroom houses 

Pagoda, volcano 

Playing hide and seek 

In caves, hollow logs 

Parks with statues 

Trees, bushes 

Streets of gravel 

Look and see figures 

Walking in air 

We spy on them 

Watch as they  

Eat , read, watch TV 

They are free 

We are fish 

Trapped in an 

Aquarium




THE VICTIM 


Clean 

Unpolluted 

Of the blue 

Ocean 

Before progress 

Began 

Invention of 

Sturdy boats 

Motor, Cruise, war ships 

Submarines 

Social surroundings 

Of underwater 

Sealife 

Now the water 

Has life above 

Without care 

For those below 

Danger to the sea 

Pollute with garbage 

Thrown overboard 

Fumes 

Effects quality of life 

For the fish 

Small fish netted 

Big fish speared, hooked 

Look for food elsewhere 

Sharks spied  

Strange creatures 

In the sea 

Take a bit 

Of human fish 

Clean, unpolluted 

Of the blue ocean 

Before advancement 

Of man



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