A Chinese Fishing Net

Death hangs
on the poles
at our bank.
A Chinese 
fishing net 
sinks down
with baits
to lure into 
the fate. 
Doom lurks 
between the
darkness and
the blue. 
Joys dry in the
breathless net
at dawn. As
care snoozes,
snare catches.

First printed in The Literary Hatchet (Pear Tree Press)

Copyright © | Year Posted 2018



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