dodging rain tubs
filled with last night
my morning begins
along mud splatters
and shouts of ‘Ma’am!
“You buy? Ma’am, you buy!”
my green rubber flip-flops
step around two tiny girls
in freshly checked uniforms
and bits of sun shine
where there once was roof
the local fish market is alive
as I find the two ladies who
sold me fishes last week
smiling and pressing
a little extra into
the bag, saying
Suki (my special customer)
© 2017 Melinda J. Irvine
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