Friday, December 13, 2024

Baby Platy

In the tank are eighteen fish,

Or maybe there are twenty.

It’s hard to count them, but to me,

It seems that there are plenty.


The tank is not too spacious

But with pebbles and live plants,

The black and orange platys 

Do their slo-mo floaty dance.


Yet I was shown a baby

Hiding underneath the leaves

And there might be another one,

Or so my son believes.


It’s cool to see how creatures

Have their instincts kicking in,

Doing what they can to stay away

From hungry next-of-kin.

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