Fish For Friday Flash 55 – “Used to Be” (The Secret Life of You Know What–)
Used To Be
Fridays were permeated
by the smell of fish; fuzzy brown
limp sticks exuding stink
through the school in vengeance for
their not-so-sea
change, an odiferous insistence
that they had once been something actually
found in the natural world, subject
to the laws of birth, death, decay. We
could only eat them
with ketchup.
As always, all rights reserved. And, as always, have a great Friday. And, since it’s Friday, tell it to the G-Man!
And finally, finally, if you are looking for some light-hearted escape over the week-end, check out NOSE DIVE, my comic novel about noses, New York, friendship, and fallen goudas. Told too with a dab of fone sex. (But very innocently.)
PS – and I should really have made it 55 flavors instead of 57, but couldn’t do that to an old icon.
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ManicDDaily 
March 9, 2012 at 10:03 am
MD…
Fish sticks…Salmon Patties…Tuna Casserole.
I was raised Catholic as well.
Loved your trip down Religious Dogma Lane
Excellent 55
Thanks for playing, say 55 Hail Mary’s, and have a Kick Ass Week-End
March 9, 2012 at 11:58 am
Hahahaha! Another Catholic here, and I sooo resonate with this one! :o) (or it resonates with me I suppose, oh well, great either way!)
March 9, 2012 at 12:18 pm
As I wrote to G–Man, I’m embarrassed to say that I was not raised Catholic, but it was what was done in my school. (And all my friends were Catholic, so in their homes as well.) The smells issuing from their houses were much better, needless to say, than those from the school cafeteria. K.
March 9, 2012 at 12:17 pm
Dear G-Man–I wasn’t raised Catholic! But back in the day it was just what people did, and certainly what elementary schools did! K.
March 9, 2012 at 1:40 pm
It’s the decay part that gets you.
March 9, 2012 at 1:49 pm
Absolutely!
March 9, 2012 at 2:26 pm
def like some fish…esp if we caught it ourselves….or any fresh catch….but i will def do fish sticks as well…and yes ketchup
March 9, 2012 at 2:35 pm
Well, with enough ketchup!
March 9, 2012 at 3:42 pm
Fish sticks make excellent dog treats, I find. But I can eat them on a bun with tartar sauce, too. Fun and fishy 55, K.
March 9, 2012 at 3:47 pm
Ha! My old dog’s breath is quite fishy enough without fish sticks! K.
March 10, 2012 at 6:23 am
Did we go to the same school, by any chance?
March 10, 2012 at 6:48 am
Ha!!