Night fishing.

I am sorry. I drove by a man who was night fishing. This is the filth that oozed out of my head. I don't think it should be labelled mature as it pertains to the young.

He likes to
night fish,
blinding them
with his dazzling
array of lures.

The fly he leaves open
for them to see --
He trolls quietly,
never knowing who might
take a bite --

Unlike a responsible fisherman,
he throws the old ones back,
and only keeps them
if they are young,
it doesn't matter
if they can't breed.

He only wants
to deposit his seed.
he mounts them,
and keeps them
like trophies.

Destined to become
another face on another
faded poster,
a reason for parents to cry
and to hold their children too tight --

He likes to fish
at night.

Author's Note

I love this song but I always found it sinister in the underneath CAPTCHA jadishly

Reviews

[Beccy]

Distasteful as a subject, quite brilliant as both a poem and a warning.

It should be posted on every front page of every national newspaper.

Beccy.

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks. Not sure why my mind went there, but it did.

[NoelHC]

Hopefully it was just some poor lonely guy fishing, and not some creepy pedo guy, but I get your point. I just saw a post last night on Facebook, one of these creeps was released from prison and the police saw fit to warn people in the area he moved to that he was there, and had restrictions on what he could do, like not hang out around schools, parks etc. and to call police if seen in those places.
Well written poem, I like how you switched it up.

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks, I am so not sure why my mind went there from that. I drove by, saw him, and had the poem written in my head before I hit the door to my house.

[AprilRN1210]

ewwwww and the music... never heard of this one before, but damn if it doesn't add to the intensity... powerful.... wheeeew.... like seriously... had to turn it off.. hits me a little close to home...

[Lyn Anderson]

Yeah, I know, it's pretty awful. Thanks.

[AprilRN1210]

yep... but damn if it doesn't hit... you're welcome... damn... feel like a need a drink or something after this one... jeez...

[Jon Roggie]

I had signed off, and noticed this one on the home page. Amazing way this went.

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks for popping back in. I don't know why I took it there, I just did.

[Rene Salinas]

This is familiar territory I can think back to some of my former work mates this would have been part of their daily talk. Clever the bit about depositing the seeds sad as well as it is factual. Yeah this type of attitude toward relationships is damaging when the lies and the stories get mixed up and finnaly the lier get caught in his own web . Mate of mine came back from a holdiay to be received by three girfriends as his lies had run out of luck.

Never liked fishing me...

Thankyou

[Lyn Anderson]

Interesting your take on this. I was thinking more like "the Lovely Bones" but sometimes there is more in our writing than we see ourselves.

[Rene Salinas]

Oh really? That violent damn it did occured to me but then I thought I was going to go off on one my angles. As it happened it was that . Serial killer type fof thing not so much prey treasure male dynamic....

[Frieda P]

Everything about this is twisted and left a bad taste in my mind....you kept on pounding until it was deep fried and well done. Can't say more...

[Lyn Anderson]

Yeah not sure why that triggered this. I literally jumped to that vision

[Coyote Poetry]

I was surprised by the ending. Led the poem with a nightly fishing trip to a bad man. A interesting poem my dear friend. Also a good song. I liked her voice.
Coyote

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks. Not sure why it went there. It just did.

[Coyote Poetry]

You are welcome.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Wow you turned night fishing into paedophilia in a few well chosen lines 'M'. flows well and has imagination and a social purpose!

[Lyn Anderson]

Just came to me when I saw him. Don't really know why.

[Bright Ocean Star]

Ouch! KLG, you didn't hold your punches, did you? Isn't night fishing legal? If it's legal, isn't it ok? I don't know. Down here in the back country, night shining for deer is illegal. We did it for fun one summer when I was in high school with a group of friends, and it was a hoot, but we didn't shoot anything. We weren't hunting...just watching and enjoying. Very good poem, though! It makes you think. If someone is going to fish illegally and not throw back the ones that are too small, what else are they doing by the light of a full moon?

[Lyn Anderson]

It's legal, yes, just my own personal distaste. This person was using lights, which is not. However it was more the association that just jumped to mind.

[Bright Ocean Star]

There are a lot of bad people out there, but fishing with a light is just plain lazy. There is no sport to it at all. I like how you made the association with other types of nefarious deeds. Disturbing, but very nice write.

[Matching Socks]

Shoot, you weren't kidding... Where the hell are the balloons and good cheer.
This is sad but not all that far fetched.

[Lyn Anderson]

Here's the weird thing. I don't like people who night fish. Gives them an unfair advantage. Why I turned it into this is just where it went.

[Matching Socks]

I love how you spun it though... I've never gone night fishing.
Crack of dawn, pouring rain, ice... Never night. Better things to do at night.
You see them all the time on that stretch near port perry /scugog.