Wallace fell in love
with Mary. You know
the feeling: of diving
off cliffs into oceans:
the impending Smack!
The ultimatum:
sink or swim.

Mary swims in cultural
circles. You know the
type of person who breathes
only through constant
motion: rocking the boat.
Thriving off the
small and weak.

One spud floating in a sea
of vegetarians. A hideous
tuber, ridiculed for
his attempts to swim.
A potato full of anguish
and despair, for being
seen as less than human
by sharks:
tan and toothy.