Introduction

From his book "Mudslinger"

I Don't Believe In Fish Anymore

Armed with a rod in a boat on a pond
wonderin' 'why?' when I'm not at all fond
of fishin'
and wishin'
I were anywhere but here
frozen to the gonads with ducks at me ear.

Ludicrous, futile -but I've had several bites:
a dozen or so Mars bars and Turkish Delights
and pickle;
and fickle
the boat and me guts.
frostbitten: me digits and likewise me nuts.

Icily farcical -though I've made quite a catch:
pneumonia and gangrene -and blue nuts that match
identical
to me tenticle:
'O God may they thaw!"
-and I don't believe
in fish
anymore.

Copyright; Ephraim Crud
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