Uncaught

Uncaught

I imagine huge pike lurk
at the bottom of the lake

eyes up
wary
of the bright spinning lure

I’ll catch one but
I never caught one

transparent mirror carp
bottom feeding catfish
wild salmon never a chance

overstocked rainbow trout
the occasional perch tiddler
uneventfull unsatisfying success

gradually the rod bags
loiter in the cupoard

I go fish in the library