#ohj THE ALL-CONSUMING UNCONSCIOUS

mermaids like flounder
courtesans they fished
fishcakes they made
of the sea

over-fished fish
overcome flesh
mermaids under the sea


© 2013 "Courtesans and Fish Plates"[1] stephanie pope mythopoetry.com #ohj August 15, 2013 mermaids and flounder micropoetry and mythopoetics





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[1] a play on the title of the book Courtesans and Fishcakes: The Consuming Passions of Classical Athens by James Davidson.