Giant Reproductions

.…Ahgreyeuss Pahn’s friends buy false paintings            
                                       and talk about a river

Ahgreyeuss leaves them with their art
                                                          and walks
and is swept out to sea
                              overwhelmed

                                                                       From way out
Ahgreyeuss sees the delta of the river
                                                                              and swims
holding the saltwater between his arms
                   crossing the parallel
                        ridges of delta waves
                   muddy and insistent
            gaining little distance

persisting until                                            Ahgreyeuss catches his foot on a Navy wire           

He is pulled in                                                                        by an officer                                                               who brings him to a building
where officers play
grey
                and concrete
empty and damp
                                                         with bluish light from
                               high windows

The officer asks Ahgreyeuss to write a letter
                                               of support
and Ahgreyeuss writes calmly                                      

cooperative                                                           

black ink                                                 

on white lined paper
neat but not pretty                                                              

a page                                
The officer thanks him                                                   
telling him at the end                                                                                                         “Fod is on our side”

Angered Ahgreyeuss                                                                

says
                  "I am not a Fristian”

and seeing the officers frown
           Ahgreyeuss leaps      into         the air

                                                                                and flies

                                                                                       easily

                                                                         at great speed
home to his friends
who have laid aside their giant
                                 reproductions
                                of Cezanne and Degas

and are quietly
                                       playing a game