the world’s greatest dreamer

the water
is a dancer thus
his ears perk up
at every
single noise
every vibration
primordial
or
not
yet his body remains
deathly still
like a cat
alerted to
his next
dead body plaything
the water
a contortionist
friend
formless
until given
form
the water
whose ears
are rough and troubling
despite
all
of the containers
we have put
him in
the water
is a
dreamer amongst dreamers