The passion fish knows our secrets.
It curls up in each palm,
head, tail, sides, writhes
squirms in mute alarm.

The passion fish knows our secrets,
reveals we are in love,
or passionate or jealous
or only just alive.

The passion fish knows our secrets.
It teases out ahs and oohs,
‘I knew it!’ and ‘who is it?’
It even helps us choose:

The passion fish tells us secrets;
who scorns to play the game,
who will not take a turn of fun –
the ‘cold fish’ is his name.

Note:  If you have never won a ‘passion fish’ (also known as ‘fortune teller fish’) in a cracker, you are missing out, but perhaps you will find one this Christmas…