The embryos looked like Caviar on the leaf of the plant
they were planted upon
Attentive when one fell, it would get sucked up and placed back in the pile
Three days ago a swarm of tadpole sperm was swimming,
they didn't look like Angelfish yet
What good parents they are,
corralling them keeping them in sight at all times
When one misbehaves, defying that invisible child's Gate, i would
get sucked up and spit back out
within the confines of the other parent's watchful eyes
Two days ago the swarm looked thinner
Yesterday morning, while making coffee, i noticed but only a dozen or two
By late afternoon, a handful could been seen swimming
their spermlike dances
8 o'clock last night, i could only see two, three or four still swimming, still swarming around that leaf on the plant
Today i awoke and saw that Comet & Ajax weren't talking to one another,
avoiding contact
- one on the right side of the tank - the other all the way left -
Who's left?
i looked, but could not find a heartbeat
Where'd they go?
wondering if that filter sucked them wondering if Mom or Dad ate them.... hmmmmm
It's so quiet in there ~ Ajax looks stunned, Comet looks sad
Like deer in the headlights....
They mourning their loss
But like clockwork, Round Four will begin in two weeks or so, Comet and Ajax, will lay eggs and fertilized them on the leaf of that plant ,,,,
Oh, i hope that when the sunlight hits the tank just right this afternoon, one tadpole sperm will emerge... just as strong in conviction as Mom & Dad and maybe, just maybe
I'll get to watch his Wings emerge..
*
march 4th
so i have these fish
all attention's gone to the angels
still no signs of wee-life-forms' tadpole sperm dancing
have i looked this up on the net yet?...(no)... i'd rather form my opinions
having convinced myself now,
that they are indeed beneath the gravel,
i imagine tadpole-sperm caves
to incubate.
*
march 8th
seems the only incubating going on
was within Comet
she laid eggs today, not even two weeks after laying her third coddle
i
am tired
watching she and Ajax
every time
i did not see them do their spawning dance
still don't know the music they heard either
i did not see the fertilization
i could do without peeping-tom peering
i
am tired
however, this is family
and i will grow into my role as cheerleader
but not tonight
*
may 22nd
i'm sorry
i forgot to mention
that
Comet Killed Rainbow A Few Days Ago
made him LEAP high enough & fassst enough
to land, an easy five feet away, on the living room
carpet without one drop of water, to follow the path
to his death
Comet is psychotic
eyes twitching side-to-side-to-sideways
today
i questioned her
to her face, with no threatening
quick movements to scare her, to put her in the
throws (sp?) of attack
she listened
and i asked, WHAT ARE YOU SEEING?
i looked for answers in the water
with vague results, phantom dreams
then went into the kitchen to see the tank from
another view
sunlit background
illuminated the water and i saw them!
short, white strands at first
then black dots at one end
to seeing a tadpole sperm angel swimming so freely
let's not forget...
Comet is Psychotic...
she'll manage to kill her children,
Evil Cannibal Comet
but Selfish Comet will not commit suicide
leaving Ajax the satisfactory treat
of EATING HER!
~Ye of Little Faith~