A Fish’s Eye by Roberta “Bobby” Santlofer

A fish’s eye

Perhaps

Is the circular look I need

To gather just enough

Edge of winter and spring

To shape the summer day

If I had that arched vision

Perhaps I’d bring

The branch down within your touch

And it bounce up without

The slightest wondering if I saw

Enough

The fish with its 360° glare

Sees

Like me?

All the dimensions I see?

What is in that 360° look?

Or what is included?

I have eyelids

And the fish doesn’t

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Roberta “Bobby” Santlofer (1943-2020) was a mother of sons, an avid reader, and a poet. A posthumous collection of her poetry is forthcoming. Santlofer’s poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Gargoyle, Philadelphia Stories, Grey Sparrow Review, and elsewhere.