Fishing on a Sunday

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For my Dad


Fishing on a Sunday


Sometimes I like to go back to the days

When everything wasn't so broken

And you would take me fishing 

On the dock where you grew up.


The hot summer sun would beat down

On out hat covered heads

As the dock bobbed in the lazy Sunday current

And we waited with bait(ed) breath for a tug on the line.


I remember the first time I ever hooked a catch

We were both so happy as the dying fish

Flopped around on the hook in its mouth

And you took a picture to save the victory.


Everything seemed so simple back then

Watching for shapes underneath the surface

And now that life is as murky as that water

I wish that something would tug on my line

And pull me out of the depths.

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