Beginners Luck

You know how they say,
you can’t make 
this stuff up...
(True story!)
As fishing stories go,
this is not a story
of the one that got away.
This is a story of
four fish that didn’t.
We started out 
feeling fine,
everyone having a good time.
fishing on the pear.
For beginners luck 
I was catching fish 
two at a time.
I was confident 
and in control,
I politely avoided a lady 
who was offering 
to rub your fishing pole.

Lucky for us the water 
was warm and not that deep.
I pulled my fourth fish
out of the water.
And then it was time 
to get on the boat. 
Well, as it turns out 
things didn’t go my way.
I couldn’t catch a fish 
while on the boat all day.
The next time we go fishing 
I will exercise 
a little more control,
and let that lady 
rub my fishing pole.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2020



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Date: 1/26/2020 7:54:00 AM
Positive thinking my friend and you will fish out the best fish ever next time, you don't need anyone else to give you luck, your luck is your faith within you. Blessings Robert, Jennifer.
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Robert Kinard
Date: 1/31/2020 8:21:00 PM
Thank you JENNIFER and my The Lord Bless you too.
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