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there’s something about rattling a codfish on the line

the slip of silver glinting

winking in the light

a gaff and a net

ham and cheeze sandwiches

and an icebox of beer

it’s cool out here on the water

breeze and salty knees

seals cruising by

looking for heads

and eagles with their eagle eye

my momma taught me how to bait a hook

the bright red of tube worms, and the black

hearts of mussels beneath my shoe

the proper rhythm for a jig

the proper arm for a cast

a fisherman’s knot

and how to work a barb

from a sunfish’s eye

This summer was a doozy

my hair blonded

my sweat

salt crystals

next time I’ll bring a bottle ‘o tequila

and a lime

and have me some shots one for one

with the mer-king

I caught my biggest yarn this year’uh

twice the size of my digny

and wider than my pole is long

she took me for a wild ride

dragged the bow real low

in the watah

tore me reef asunder

cut up on barnacles and left to dry

man you shoulda seen her

a beaut

she had more scars on her whiskered lips

than a fifty cent prostitute

and she was crying my name.

At night

I hear her legend whispered on the tide

and with the first light

I can see her cutting figure-eights through

the bay

That saucy finner

she’s awaiting for me.

Well alright.

Lets get a-to it.

Rattle that there codfish on the line!