Ocean Questions
by Tom Lagasse
There will be more plastic than fish in the ocean by 2050.
As the five gyres of plastic expand will the king
mackerels and greater amberjacks shrug
And ask—Is this the ongoing cost of doing
business in today’s global economy?
Will their DNA become partially plasticized
like credit cards so they may survive without
Needing schools to intermingle and learn
From one another? Is there enough time
For dolphins and whales to create a new language
to communicate to their fellow mammals
A single hero casting a life preserver ring to
The drowning cannot save the ocean?
PAINTING: Fish by M.C. Escher (1942).
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Tom Lagasse’s poetry has appeared in Poetically Magazine, The Feminine Collective, Black Bough’s Poetry Freedom & Rapture and Dark Confessions; Faith, Hope, and Fiction; Silver Birch Press Prime Movers Series, Freshwater Literary Review, Word Mill Magazine, The Monterey Poetry Review, a half dozen anthologies, and more. He can be found at @tomlagasse (Twitter), @tom_lagasse (Instagram), facebook.com/tjlagasse, and tlagasse.com. He lives in Bristol, Connecticut.
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