Janet Paszkowski // Poetry

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Contemplating Lobster

(A haibun Poem)
 
December to May—by the first frigid light of Maine, wake, 

haul traps, ropes, buoys and pots beyond the rock-bound village into the sea 

searching for . . . 

reddish-green larvae 

mosquito sized lobsters 

flaunting their sharp claws 

Abide their planktonic phase.  Bait.  Set.  Harvest traps and plunge combative 

pinchers—head first—into boiling water. 

minimizing the perception of pain . . . 

(Serve no more than three times a week to children, prisoners and indentured servants, less they protest)

Janet Paszkowski is a freelance fiction writer, poet and visual artist. A graduate of The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, her fiction and poetry have received regional and national awards, and have appeared in literary and mainstream markets .

Date of Publication: 25 Jan 2008