Little Susie Albacore

Little Susie Albacore
had a life that began,
from the straining confines
of a small tuna can.

Like a bird from an egg
she emerged from the tin,
and took a hard look around
at the new world she was in.

She raised herself wisely
and enrolled in first grade,
and was proud of herself
and the life she had made.

But while attending Ben Franklin
Elementary hell,
Susie was teased
about her strong fishy smell.

Her classmates came to school
wearing clothes pins on their nose.
Even the teacher joined their cruelty,
by spraying Susie with a hose.

But the water made the fish scent,
smell even worse.
And Susie grew enraged
by her tuna womb curse.

She left the school shouting
and pounding her head,
“I wasn’t born from a vagina,
but a fishier place instead!”

An odd feeling struck her
and she halted her tears.
She felt the sides of her neck
And found gills had appeared.

Her legs formed a tail
And her breathing grew short.
And she wobbled herself over
to Boston City Port.

She jumped into the sea
From whence she began
And can only be seen now
On your tuna fish can.