Thank you, Patricia - I was aware of the other uses of "fries" but was specially concerned about the fishes. I had thought that the word "fry" would better cover several meanings (including the others) since "fries" would not cover, grammatically, the immature fish.
I now see that my word-orientation has tripped me again. Perhaps the word "fries" is a plural of all the meanings rather than each of them.
I am now pretty certain that I've done the poet an injustice, but not the one I feared at first. Bless you.
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