Fish Talk
Born in Paterson
(New Jersey of course)
Marie Poland Fish
heard tadpoles tattle
like her neighbors
on Kingston Beach.
Commissioned by the Navy in ’46
to pry into all manner
of the marine heart,
Fish insisted kelp could talk.
Codfish frenzy after spawning!
Whales sing! Krill pertain!
They called her Bobbi
after her ‘do
(its dark sharp bounce
so picaresque)
The living make a common scream
she often would reply.