Enjoy To Fish, Fish To Enjoy
In a canoe casting with a weighted rubber worm
Felt something aggressive thing hit my hook
Up it came through the water’s surface
And shot up more than three feet in the air.
After some displays of acrobatic leaps and drives,
I finally got him at the side of my canoe
Banging, thrashing like a bobcat in a box,
Whispered, “Hello, I believe in catch and release”
The bass stopped thrashing, listened intently
Then said, “never thought I’d meet one like you”
I grabbed the mighty fish by the lower jaw
Holding it up for a closer look. removed the hook.
Wiggled off to parts unknown of the cool lake
It was happy to be free, I was happy to catch.center>
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Date: March 7, 2014
Free Verse
12th Place win
Contest : by Caleb Smith
Copyright © Dr.Ram Mehta | Year Posted 2014
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