Hook Line and Sinker

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Hook was forged so deadly, was cast and edged by every thorn.

Line was spun from silk, threaded lovely and forlorn.

The two were a sly pairing, made to trap and never mourn-

And Sinker, little Sinker, for their services, was born.

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Hook was adorned with spirals, was crowned in silver bait.

Line was stroked, untangled, was cast and made to wait.

They flew over territory crested with risk and hate-

And Sinker, little Sinker, hence was tossed unto his fate.

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Hook sunk into grey water, molten steel, ever cold.

Line dipped past the vast shallows, halfway followed, not as bold.

They sought zero-g graveyard, sought to pierce the depths untold-

And Sinker, little Sinker, was left alone 'neath sky of gold.

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Hook sought with great precision, a quarry reckoned for.

Line was trained to trail him, in path, in plan, in war.

They journeyed ever on, down, and down some more-

And Sinker, little Sinker, wondered what he waited for.

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Hook was quite still-

Stomach to fill...

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-Line simply prayed-

While bright fins swayed...

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-Still hidden, no.

Inches to go.

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Hook tastes like blood and metal, like a weak but sharp attack.

Line twists around my body, cuts me hard, the maniac!

They are no match for monsters when such monsters have no pack-

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And Sinker, little Sinker,

is

pulled

under

into

black.

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