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
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Future Curmudgeons
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