~ROCHELLE RATNER~
FISH
TANK
It just seems perverse to her, to have this fish tank dead
center in the ophthalmologist’s waiting room. To have people sit
trapped and facing those small moving forms, their reflections captured
in the glass at different angles. Black and white against green
foliage and rich brown coral, small stripes, wide stripes, hints of
red, not to mention pebbles. Deep unmoving and unflinching
eyes.
Relentless sound of gurgling. New shapes appearing out of
nowhere. One
with long, thin whiskers that she didn’t see before.
© by Rochelle
Ratner
