Lobsters

       During the discussion of the poem "Lobsters" by Howard Nemerov there were many interesting ideas that came up. One of them that really stood out to me was said by Olivia. She said that humans never really think that they are going to die until it comes right up on them. She said that we imagine ourselves to be almost immortal until something changes and we see that death is really upon us. That really stood out to me and I thought about it a lot.
   The author was talking about lobsters, but in a way that made it about more than sea creatures in a tank. He made the reader think about life, and how short it can be, especially for lobsters, who, once caught, sit in tank and wait to be picked out for slaughter. When lobsters are caught they are marked for death, as many humans. I don't mean all humans are going to be murdered, but we are going to die eventually. People don't really think about death until it has effect on their life. It's something that is really interesting about people: we know things, but until it is important to us, we dont really take notice of it. By using lobsters as a comparison to people, Nemerov creates a new idea for the reader to think about how the people are sitting around waiting for death just like the lobsters in the tank.