3. Fish Fingers and Custard

aka Fish Shtick, Take 2

Fish fingers and custard--

a delicacy out of Dr. Who.

Maybe fish have fingers on Gallifrey

or some such world, but not on good old Earth

(barring Dr. Suess)—but why not?

If sharks had fingers, they’d reach

their knobby hands over gunwales

to snatch snoozing sailors,

 give the finger to the sharkfin massacrists

and maybe fire a bazooka across their bow.

Eel fingers would be prehensile

akin to tentacles—adhere to rocks

leave mouth to gulping unwary fry

(Liesl sells eels—sessile eels. Elvis levels Seville.)

Think of the boost that salmon fingers

would give to their upstream trek to mate.

clutching at handholds, vaulting up the rapids,

climbing waterfalls, embracing their sweetheart

at journey’s end.

Doc Who goes for fish fingers and custard—Amy Pond, too

but they've given poor fingerless fish amputations to rue.