Steve Book's Alphabetical Animal Project
F is for Flatfish
Flatfish Eyes
Flatfishes have
their eyeballs
On one side or the other,
Depending on the whereabouts
Of the eyeballs of their mother.
And father,
too, would have a say
In how their eyeballs got that way.
In how their eyeballs got that way.
It matters not
which side they're on
And how the fishes got 'em.
They're glad to have their eyes on top
Instead of on the bottom.
For if they
had to get around or
Swim with eyes below, they'd flounder.
This poem first appeared in New Scientist in 1983.
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