Tennis Club Indoor Courts
aquarium world
seen through thick glass
subterranean silence
four-limbed fish
strange white fish
in a green and white world
the walls are light green on top
draped on the bottom
with dark green cloth
dark green floor
is subdivided and outlined
by white stripes
long fish nets of green
are hemmed on top
with a wide white band
little nets in wooden oval frames
have handles for
five-fingered fins to grip
and hit the green fluffed rubber balls
as the four-limbed fish are flowing
sometimes leaping
mouths often open
but the sound-proofing means
you can’t hear them speaking
black hair blonde hair grey hair
endlessly moving in a green world
below ground level
beyond the glass
strangely peaceful it is
soothing and restful
the white fish ebb and flow
leap and flash
in subterranean silence
and sometimes faintly
tock
says a tennis ball