HONORABLE MENTION: The Shark at Fox Point - Anthony Lioi

The window is empty.
The window of George and Irene’s Aqualife fish shop is empty.
The window at Aqualife is empty.
The window in Providence is empty.

Once the tank had perfect water.
The 200 gallon tank had perfect water
and a dogfish shark, family Squalidae.
The dogfish swam in perfect water in Providence.

The dogfish was the delight of pedestrians.
The shark swam in the mighty Aqualife ocean tank,
a sign that Rhode Island fishkeeping reigned supreme!
The shark was a wonder of Providence.

Then, like Marilyn Monroe and Michael Jackson, the dogfish died.
The tank drained under mysterious circumstances.
Like Robert Kennedy and Gandhi, the shark was dead.
The shark was dead only minutes from the sea.

The mighty tank lies empty.
George and Irene are at work at the window because
like Elvis, Jesus, and the Pawtucket Red Sox
that shark is coming back!

That shark will be a wonder of Providence!