Beautifully distorted. I get a sense of wickedness, forbidden confused beauty.
Very well done.

wow this is stunning and brilliantly written. the images so unique they manage to capture everything perfectly. "the psychiatrist with the orange peel lipsAs he pressed violet velvet against my eyes" - from there on i was hooked the descriptions of such quality its awesome. "Peppermint-numb grotto of mouth, halibut-formed and myEyes scale-bright, glistening like the shaved dead skinOf some aquatic ancient."- theres not one word in this that doesnt let it down, i love the rythum and the flow of it all, incredible. "I gaped in gratitude, lips parting in a liar’s kiss"- just adore this. wonderful.

I love the imagery! The last stanza is amazing, mostly for the Icarus reference. Lovelovelove. (I could have sworn that I reviewed this a long time ago, but obviously not. My apologies!)

good GOD :|. this has to be the closest you have come to genius. that LAST LINE! it's so chien andalou + surrealist BRAZIL-esque... I must confess to be in AWE.~He paddled toward me with the waterFor my lungs- pill shaped and dull. “This will give you gills.”

I gaped in gratitude, lips parting in a liar’s kiss,As I felt my beak melt away like Icarus’ wax.He grinned, forehead pale while his clown cheeks glowed.“I can make you a fish.”~

Excellent, made me smile. I love the scenarios in this and train of thought. Quite ingenious.

that was crazy, i love it though, it had this twisted carnival kind of air to it that was infectious with all the crazy imagery, i hate shrinks and all that stuff,actually,now that i think about it, it's agood thing im reading this in the morning cause this would give me nightmares...anywayz, a muchly excellent poem, very well written

chilling. the tone to it is so impersonal and seems nearly dreamlike. loved the whole first and second stanza.

~* noelle

oh my. chillingly impersonal and intense all at once.

it reminds me of one of escher's tesselation prints where he has this flock of birds metamorphosing into fish. very spiffy.

Reminds me of the movie 'Ever After', when Drew Barrymore asks DaVinchi, "A bird may love a fish, but where would they live?" he answered, "then I shall have to give you wings."