once
Posted: May 27th, 2016, 11:05 am
once upon a time I was a fish
too clever to take the man's bait
too swift to be the midnight snack
of Big Bubba or his finned henchmen
my secret was to never sleep....
in movement we are free
from all the dangers that befall
the lazy mackerel or the cocky trout
I was the bullet-train of the deep
the leer-jet of the stocked lake
I rocketed through peril in the tall grasses
with skill and grace
I lived to be four hundred years old
then one day walked out of the pond
on my brand new brackish toes
with supreme confidence, as I recall
and I never looked back
too clever to take the man's bait
too swift to be the midnight snack
of Big Bubba or his finned henchmen
my secret was to never sleep....
in movement we are free
from all the dangers that befall
the lazy mackerel or the cocky trout
I was the bullet-train of the deep
the leer-jet of the stocked lake
I rocketed through peril in the tall grasses
with skill and grace
I lived to be four hundred years old
then one day walked out of the pond
on my brand new brackish toes
with supreme confidence, as I recall
and I never looked back
