Giant Fish

Giant Fish

by dan ankers

I can feel it coming up

like a giant fish from the sea

It’s mouth is open wide

to swallow everything

but me

Its maw seems to only terrorize

the unsuspecting drones

But to everybody else

his presence seems

to make them feel

at home

The dance eclectic

epileptic form of meditation

For fans of epic

fits

of undirected thinking

with waves of exultation

I see spots across my vision

but I’m sure I’m doing fine

Just get a little out of hand

sometimes

Across the clouds

streaks a giant

discordant crow

He’s come to peck-out the eyes

of those who see just lies

Though he’ll leave everyone

else alone

I’m glad I’m just at home

and making the most of my

morning

Oblivious of the warning

The Klaxon/Call to action

I’m too immersed

in

simple Satisfaction

Zero retraction

The Lows

The Lows

by dan ankers

I know of no lower Low

Than the steps down which

I was thrown

And on the seminal stair, of which I am now standing

Which is at once wholly debilitating

and demanding

It also represents the essence of climb

and oh so much,  importantly

the beginning

of mine

Pretty Reckless

Pretty Reckless

by dan ankers

Stale city air and compromise

leave a wake behind your smile

You shoulder shrugs merely mystify

as the populace can testify

Pretty reckless

Trailing off in another direction

my intention

Our conversation lasts

for about an hour

All the while

you’re pretty dour

Marginalizing

the stale and the sour

Rectifying its existence

amid the grandeur

and the splendor

of

Power

That

which, being largely unknown

Is the very definition

Of

the point of the hour

Over which we now

scour

Or I should say

“back then”

Nearly Irredeemable

Nearly Irredeemable

by dan ankers

Unrelenting Circumvention

Where is this,

my fifth dimension?

I circumvent

to ease the tension

Place inside

I hide

Don’t mention

Where you ask?

Is this recession

Do I locate

where flesh may

Stand?

Or am I apart,

for the most part,

in another land?

Never ask

to see credentials

Would you ask the elements?

Only walk where you may wander

Follow wayward

Filaments

Seek to seek

and find to lose

Ask to know

and know to choose

Choose to be

and be to ask

Seek to always

Ever last

And when the world falls down

upon your weary head

Escape the wreckage of those

Dubious Flames

Deep inside you

In your quiet fifth dimension

Where there can be no

Stupid names