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my buddy John's Bertram a wood antique I fixed the engines while he varnish teak so there we were Joe, John, and Kelly with a cooler packed with bait so smelly early in the morning waz headin out the creek big blue marlin we'ze goin to seek 40 miles past the thirty fathom curve dropping lines for the bait we serve John watched the lines Kinda like a cop we had two on the bottom and 4 on top did everything me'z could do with me'z fishin power then John grabbed the hook up on the 3rd hour all of a sudden it looked like a good day when the Blue jumped we said "marlin on the way!" the fish was pulling, screeming out line "hurry! get John in the harness on time!" "oh man! the stories we'll tell on the way" "only if you get that fish in today!" myself, Joey and Kelly, we placed our bet while John was cranking,"I'm covered in sweat!" there we were just having a laugh as Joe leened over 1 hand on the gaff the marlin came up threw Joe's chest with it's spear then the line popped and they both....dis..apeared ....................... we tried hard to find our friend in trouble ............................... looking a long time without even a bubble ...................................... ...................................... .................................... .."why didn't I grab Joe! I'm just a Fool" we didn't go home, till low on fuel it was hard to tell Joes wife about the fack that Davey Jones took em and won't give him back In memmory of Barefoot Joe McPhearson 1963-1996 by Joey's best friend Capt Mike ps I want to say thank you to my readers and I read all your comments and love then all. I am sorry I don't comment back much. I am a boat mechanic and am very busy this time of year how ever I can't wait till next winter so I can talk to all of readers. now stay tuned for the next episode "The Soulmate" which not a lovey dovey poem but a gut bustin laugh of my the exwives and all of my sailboats that I ran away from them on. to be posted monday morning for your enjoyment! Capt. Mike!
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