future’s the shifty
fish that nips
my toe,
and drags me back through
the gates of every
second class,
always first to charge
his bull through
lines when
he’s last
fish in crystal
pond
to
bite the hook-
now gone.
Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/grumpygorman/?hl=en
painting by Vickie Scarlettfisher at: https://artist.com/vickie-scarlettfisher/catfish-clyde/?artid=1229