Feeding fish and,
Feeling fish
And
As a fish would I be happy?
My first moment as an Angler
In the substantial blue.
Depth
Weight
Ease
My family fed,
No difficulties here
Far down in this substantial blue.
My social standing
Standing
Floating
As a fish
In this substantial blue.
I fear
Not much
In this substantial blue.
Not before
And not again
In this substantial blue.
The loss of love and
the love of loss
My gills are soft
In this substantial blue.
Not before such bone,
Such hard,
Eye, not feel
In this dark deep substantial blue.
And now this first
Comes to an end
In this gaping wide open plane.
Long
Tall
Shift
Shifting now
And shifting soon
Sifting through
The moment as it stands
As I stand
No longer as an Angler
But as a man
