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These fishes for quality
swam deep inside them
Thus when the
Father
The Great Father
mentioned the word
Craftsmanship
All these fishes
of like-kind
swam to the surface
Now a whole row of them
in fishlike judgment
are standard bearers
Guardians of the culture
they knew the shape of the ocean
from which they arose
all other water energy
is suspect
a charlatan hiding behind
a seaweed
devoid of shadow

Irwin R. Shaw - June 22nd 1985