fallen fight, still a fighter

or damned soul no longer mercy bound?

the fool claims gluttony gone

when his stomach is full,

then the hunger comes the next day,

it becomes a roll of the dice

as narrations change with friends at dinner,

making gifts when congratulation is due.

the day starts up harsh, eases up

like waves receding when the hurricane

finally relents, when leviathan no longer thrashes

about, the sea king gives mercy to those who serve

though it is hard to fathom if loyal subjects

held back the moon, for surely he has no influence there!

aha, the poet cried, a muse

he plucked a flower from the jaded sun

having to rise each morning, even when it is the same

old journey: circling about, orbiting, eyeing,

prying into every action made, the bulb lights up

in one man’s head as he woke up from a nightmare

of leviathan chasing him, pulling him down the depths of the sea

and he rather not remember

it was another bout of eating too much.

another swearing, another promise, another agreement

of sorts to stay out of trouble

then the moon whispers to a heart longing for

release from the daily walk of have to.

i’ve changed said the man to the robot when

bites no longer slice up meat,

i’ve become a vegetarian, a lover of animals,

a nudge came about when waves threaten to knock him

off his feet, finding nothing below, kicking away at air

that piece of meat let go and he wailed when teeth grew back.

take that you filthy animal,

he cried and lamented on youthful days gone

down like his shit rushing into the pipes

of airway blocked while the sun continues to watch

the spectacle of a man humiliating himself.

change, the wise man asked?

of what, of a fighter or damnation,

or who, or place even

said the sea king who finally rid himself off

all the water and shook the flailing man from his dreams.

wake up, wake up

son the doctor said

when at last it has become quite apparent

that moon, sun, leviathan had all gone hiding back

from whence they came from

with a good dose of medicine, the man said good nite.