July 13, 2006

Poem the Fish

Poem creates the escape
hatchery of ideas—a frayed
patience, a silver sliver dithering,
a small fry leap over
the enclosure bank, a moment mid-
air, fin wings—

but if Poem were farmed, he wouldn’t
be Poem.

By the shoreline, cool and swift
the current’s curve of neural swirl,
that’s where Poem rests.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'm still waiting for "Poem with a Hangover", perhaps after a bar-room brawl with Song Lyrics, Cliche, and Rhyme.

Rob Budde said...

yeah, wrote that one and threw it out. maybe ill try again . . .