Hooked

thoughts on fish, the lake, and the line.

 

Hook

Bait

Sink

Hook stuck in cheek

Wriggling around trying to figure how to set free

But a fish does not have much mind

Does not have much time to figure out a loop

So it dangles

Until it is reeled in

Or set free

 

I won third place in a fishing contest up at Greenlake

when I was ten.

I can not seem to place in a fishing contest now.

Maybe I need a map to the lake.

Or it could be that the fish are different then I remember them

Times were sure different

 

I was a lot smaller.

Reviews

[Cece]

this is the second time i have read this piece
FYI it inspired my piece "fish is made to be eaten"

[April Child]

Interesting piece. Like reading your thought all put down on paper for us. A little thought interlude. Gentle read with some nice images.

[Wolfwind Words]

Good imagery! the fish got smart, all the bio waste we've dumped into our lakes and streams. The mutated some how i think :) Perhaps we as a human race need to mutate some so we can be able to win the fishing contests again.
But i think this also shoes, that we as a human race, has lost a lot of caring about our environment and what lives within!
Good job here!