In the Aquarium
A fish
meets another fish
and lays eggs.
As its fins signal to the seaweed
its colors come out
one after the other.
Its bubbles are words
meant for no one.
The world rises and falls
each day
through the eyes of a fish.
Copyright Credit: Dunya Mikhail, "In the Aquarium" from The Iraqi Nights. Copyright © 2013 by Dunya Mikhail. Reprinted by permission of New Directions Publishing Corporation.
Source: The Iraqi Nights (New Directions, 2013)