Sea Food Contemplating Lobster Janet Paszkowski December to May—by the first frigid light of coastal Maine, wake, haul traps, ropes, buoys and pots beyond the rock-bound village into the sea searching for . . . reddish-green larvae mosquito sized lobsters flaunting their sharp claws Abide their planktonic phase. Bait. Set. Harvest traps and plunge combative pinchers—head first—into boiling water. minimizing the perception of pain . . . (Serve no more than three times a week to children, prisoners and indentured servants, less they protest) ~~~~~~~~~~ Janet Paszkowski is a freelance fiction writer, poet and visual artist. A graduate of The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, her fiction and poetry have received regional and national awards, and have appeared in literary and mainstream markets. This poem is a haibun, a Japanese literary form in which narrative elements provide a setting for one or more haiku. The poem was first published by The Kennesaw Review this fall.
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