What's SO INTERESTING about LOBSTERS?

               So, here I am again writing about the trials of Mrs. Gilman's class, and talking about the poem, Lobsters. One interesting idea that was brought up by my fellow classmate Levi was the idea of a slave trade metaphor within the poem. I pondered this and this is what it meant. Basically, the slave trade was a huge part of the 1800's and early 1900's and anytime before, where people could come and choose which slave they wanted, and purchase that person. Now, is this just an idle coincidence? Or, could this be a way of expressing that we, as humans, are STILL practicing the slave trade without even thinking about it.
                This theory can be applied to many parts of the poem. Such as when the author talks about their colors, and how they are "velvet". But tell me, do these colors sound beautiful and awe-striking to you? Mud red, cadaver green, and bruise purple? Well, they may be awe striking, but in the other way... So, anyway, whit I'm getting at is that the author is trying to say that while the lobsters are beautiful when they are at their home on the bottom of the sea, but when we bring them here to buy and sell, they are considered odd, or weird. Now, we all pretty much know that Slave owners were white, and the slaves themselves may have been African American, Latino, or any race besides our own. And that was much like this. The slaves were not like the whites, so they found them odd and put them on the market, which is just an absolutely terrible and disgusting thing to do. Which, is what the author is trying to convey. That we have a fear of the unknown, so much so that we put it on the market and sell it to the highest bidder. So, is the slave trade still occuring, well no. But, it is with Lobsters, and other animals.