Member Poem

Home,

a place in which a being dwells.

A family of magots,

small beetles,

and some flies (that I know not the name of),

may choose to live

on  a fish,

freshly out of flops on the lake side.

So is our home like a carp carcass to some bugs?

The only true way to find out,

is to ask one of those bugs ourselves.

They may respond after we ask them,

“Bug off mate.” or something else

But sadly we will never know

for we can’t understand bug.

Home,

a beloved place that one can return to.

Thus,

some bugs return to that dead fish to find food.

So again is a freshly forgotten crucian carp home?

We may not consider it so

but like us the bugs return to the Crucian carp

of  the  common carp family

in which someone recently failed at removing the hook

from the gullet of the poor soul,

for nourishment and relaxation.

Such as laying on our sweet bed/fish guts,

our pantry full of food/roten carp flesh,

and our amazing air conditioning/gaping mouth of the now speechless carp.

As we do with our own home,

again the only way to know is to ask them.

But truly we don’t speak bug.

Home,

a place in which you have family.

And i’m pretty sure those bugs make family,

on the Crucian carp

a medium sized carp of the common carp family

victim to the catch and release one to many times.

Is home a cool Crucian carp

a medium size carp

of the common carp family

most commonly found in the northern European regions

with way too many “piercings”. . .

If our home were to be taken away we would be sad,

and so would the bugs on that dead fish when you throw it away,

for everyone would be sad if their home was suddenly chucked back into the lake

wouldn't you?

So truly we have some of this

home stuff in common,

don’t we?

For in all the same ways we define home,

we can describe a dead Crucian carp (Carassius carassius)

a medium sized carp of the common carp family

most commonly found in the northern european regions

with bugs crawling over it.

Home,

a Crucian carp (Carassius carassius)

a medium sized carp of the common carp family, Cyprinidae,

most commonly found in the northern european regions

That some kid though that you

had to shake vigorously to remove the hook.

Where we feast on the rotten flesh,

make our maggots,

excrete on,

and talk in different ways of human speech on

for we know not the ways

of bug vocalisation.

So truly,

frankly,

honestly,

and sincerely:

Home,

equivalent to,

the rotten carcass of a once living Crucian carp (Carassius carassius)

a medium sized carp (15 cm to be exact)

of the common carp family, Cyprinidae,

most commonly found in the northern european regions.

Or a dead cow.

But I will not get into that,

here at this time and day.