9 Ways of Looking at a Bananafish
citycabn (citycabn@gateway.net)
Wed, 22 Sep 1999 11:03:14 -0700
(with apologies to Stevens)
(the other four ways are in the trash)
1. Among four J.D.Salinger books,
the only moving thing
was the eye of a bananafish.
2. I was of three minds,
as I read the posts
of three bananafishes.
3. A lonely bananafish posted and posted.
It was part of the Cosmic School of Fishes.
4. A man and a woman
are one.
A man and a woman and a bananafish
are an odd sight.
5. I do not know which to prefer:
the parentheses themselves
or the space between them;
the post of the bananafish in the inbox
or spread across the screen.
6. O thin men of Academia,
why do you imagine what the author has not?
Do you not see angry bananafishes
swarming near your offices?
7. He rode over Cornish
in a Jaguar.
Once, a fear pierced him,
that he was being followed
by bananafishes.
8. The pages of the book are done.
The bananafish begins rereading.
9. Across continents,
it is morning, afternoon, evening and tomorrow:
bananafishes log on.
--Bruce