If you catch a big fish
swimming around a pool
of water in your mind
Nimbly swishing its tail
trying to get away
undetected from view
Think hard and imagine
what this fish does inside
your mind all day hidden
Undeniably deep
in the dark recesses
where your vision is blind
In a spot no one sees
if they don't know to look
for a fish in a pool
Take your peripheral
vision for example
there behind your left ear
--
See as you drive behind
your car driving quickly
approaching at full speed
Entering the other
lane passing on your left
perhaps someone you knew
Classmates back in grade school
when your teacher took roll
but you were bedridden
Only faking a cold
while everyone else sat
quietly in their chair
Noticing every word
their teacher spoke today
for their exam at school
Demanded their presence
their utmost attention
but you hid full of fear
--
Venom lay in your heart
since childhood when a snake
bit you and made you bleed
Instinct made you leap back
at the sight of your blood
running red down your leg
Simply frightened by pain
you began to withdraw
from playing childhood games
Intuition made pain
an erroneous cause
of your sudden despair
Only a little boy
pathologically filled
with fright so much you beg
Not only your mother
but the fish in your mind
to stay home with false claims
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