Future #Curmudgeons – v5

I can see them, so specific,

Now standing by the water,

Fifty years from now

Two old friends, by then

Friendly banter, tall tales,

Fish stories between them.

 

There they were, together,

On the bank of the pond,

In their element, confident,

Seven or nine years old,

No more than that, surely,

Best friends, fishermen on the hunt.

 

Fishing poles, tackle box,

Knotted line, worms,

All organic, simple

A net between them -

Thick with the muck and wet,

As they try to catch the big one

 

Hornpout and koi, and goldfish

As big as their arms

Just out of reach

In the murk, deeper,

Or surfacing, the shallows,

Too near to forget.

 

Seasoned veterans,

Watching their casts,

Already, or so they seem,

On their own, children,

In the park, the heat,

Under the July sunlight.

 

No knee or hip waders yet,

No hidden fishing holes in secret,;

But they will come, of that I am certain,

Along with more practiced yarns

Recited with echoes of memory,

When they are older fishermen.

 

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edited July 3, 2021

Future Curmudgeons – v5

 

edited November 15, 2018

Future Curmudgeons – v4

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/11/future-curmudgeons-v4.html

edited November 15, 2018

Future Curmudgeons – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/11/future-curmudgeons-v3.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1063070489642446848

(to be able to post to Twitter)

November 15, 2018

Posted as sections

1 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1063059422052782081

2 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1063059377916178432

3 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1063059343682220033

edited November 15, 2018

Future Curmudgeons – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/11/future-curmudgeons-v2.html

July 10, 2004

Future Curmudgeons

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/07/future-curmudgeons.html

 

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