Muskie Poems | Examples

                Herky
                   Jerky

	        Honky
                    Tonky

                 Hari
                     Kari

                  Holy
                     Moly

                  Husky
                     Muskie
                  
                  Hello
                      Jello

                  Heinous
                      Anus

                   Harmless
                      Armless

                   Heeby
                      Jeebie

                   He-Man
                      She-Man

                   Hoky
                       Poky

I come from a family of fishermen.
Mitchel 300 open-faced reels
Size 6 hooks, 10 lb monofilament line
Colorful bobbers and spinners.
Dreaming of bigmouth bass 
and golden-sided muskie.
We cast over a thousand lakes and streams
I even had a subscription to a fishing magazine.

Now in this lost year of 2020,
The year of the Chinese rat -the mask- 
police brutality and uncivil disobedience. 
Not to mention the crazies released from prison.
Rioting, looting, and defunding (the peace) 
My attention has shifted toward 
38 specials-9mm Glocks and A.D.T
I have a subscription for a more serious type of magazine.

If you can't be a pine at the top of a hill,
Be a scrub,a little scrub by the side of the rill.
Be a bush if you can't be a tree.
If you can't be a bush,be a bit of the grass,
And some highway happier make,
If you can't be a muskie,then just be a bass.

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