Based on the given excerpt above, I can say that the what the carp represents here are DEATH and INNOCENCE. Death here refers to how the twenty-pound carp was being treated and innocence refers to the teachers and boarding students who tasted the carp. This excerpt is actually from Yun Wang's "The Carp" and this lyric poem reflects his bad experiences from his father, such as imprisonment and torture.
Well, your cover page is very creative, while the original is kind of bland. Yours also shows all of the different traits that the characters have in the story, while the original does not. It could use a bit more color, but otherwise it's pretty good.
It’s probably best to be straight up and ask. But if you don’t want to do that, you could just mention her up in passing. Such as “Hey did you see what Anna posted?” (let’s say Anna) or maybe some thing like “hey I literally thought I saw Anna at Walmart” and then when this person is somehow brought up, you could be like “speaking of which, I didn’t see her at the party? Everything okay?”
