the line
there's an old song
my grandfather used to sing
that has the question,
"or would you rather be a fish"?
in the same song
is the same question
but with a mule and a pig
but the one i hear sometimes in my head
is the fish one
just that one line
would you rather be a fish?
as if the rest of the song
didn't have to be there
ron padgett
