Once at the beach

I saw a fish pull itself from

the surf onto the sand.

I turned to look,

because you don’t see

this sort of thing very often.

ii.

I watched as the fish

balanced itself

on it’s tail

& began to hop towards me

iii.

As the fish came closer

he seemed to grin & he asked,

“How am I doing?”

iv.

Looking good, I replied,

& gave a thumbs up.

The fish looked around to see

if anybody else had noticed,

& then confided,

“How crazy is this, boy?”

v.

But before I could reply

the fish suddenly

flicked its tail, 

sending a little bit of sand into my eyes.

It only took me a second

to gather myself

but when I looked back up,

the fish was already racing

back toward the sea.

vi.

It needn’t have bothered.

The fish had nothing to fear from me.

I wasn’t going to chase it.

vii.

I was just disappointed.

It wasn’t evolution I was witness to ——

Just some

dumb

fish

gag

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