Physical art
An act
Under conditions duress
Flipping ant
Survival, but not fittest
For the fittest is a threat
And fitness is a test
Of ignorant schemes
To improve the conditioning
Of one's lowers
And it's in the water
An invidious prescription
To run and run and run
Hamsters on triangular wheels
Not exactly spinning
Jarring the brains of these gentle creatures
As they hurry along to nowhere
Becoming less and less gentle
As they scramble
Rolling nowhere
Feeling everywhere
A pain of existence
Rather than treading to the mill
Fake the punch card
Ask for a favor
And take the days
To go off
Scrambling up the rocks
To get out of the valley
To the one with the river full of fish
For the fish are a threat
And an opportunity
To swim and teach oneself
How to be a fish
And have plenty of food
Artfully meandering
Between the hills
Over the edges
Coloring inside and outside the lines
Getting out of the way
Roman Ryan 