In at least 100 words, explain the relationship of the characters to the carp throughout Wang's "The Carp."

Sometimes chance conspires and the laws of randomness cast good things in our direction at a time that seems exactly right. This is what happened to me this week, when I extracted from two giant reading piles-columns over four feet high, weaving even now a little precariously behind my desk-a thin chapbook by a poet I hadn’t heard of, The Carp, by Yun Wang. I took a break from guilt, put my feet up, and started reading.

But let me back up for a moment and tell you how I got the little chapbook, and why I’ve had it stashed away for two or three years