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JL
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0 posted 2005-01-10 04:36 PM


Grippin` Reality

Channel cat, blue-skinned and fat.
Swimmin` on his hook, “Look at that!”
As he stood to his feet, his eyes bustin` wide.
Holdin` his cane pole high he moved side to side
Knowin` his catch would be, tonight, a pride
He grabbed hold his stringer patiently threads it through
He displayed his catch sayin`: “Look here it’s Ol’ Blue.”
Said He’d been after that catfish for almost a year, or two
“No one’s gonna believe this, I finally caught Ol’ Blue.”

Months went by when I next saw that old man
On the same jetty, fishin`, his cane pole in hand.
He said he was a’fishin` for an old cat named Blue
Then he said:“Hey Mr. how-bout you.”
I know I looked puzzled, cause his stare went right through.
Then he said:
“Oh heck Mr., that was Ol’ Blue
You don’t eat your friends…
Your friends, you hold true…”


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suthern
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1 posted 2005-01-10 04:47 PM


I like this very much... and you've told truth... I know many who find the fun in the trying, not in the catch. *S*
Sunshine
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2 posted 2005-01-10 06:42 PM



Sometimes the attempt
is more fruitful and meaningful
than the prize...

Well done, Sir.

Enchantress
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3 posted 2005-01-10 07:09 PM


Excellent write...I always throw back what I catch..
and lots of times I think I'm catching
the same ol fish over and over.
Enjoyed this I did!
Hugs~

In the midst of winter,
I found there lives within me..
an invincible summer.

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Gaia
4 posted 2005-01-10 09:27 PM


and some big fish stories are truly believable
this is one

Susan
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5 posted 2005-01-10 10:40 PM


I like this - humorous and yet insightful

Susan

If I wander far enough, long enough, will I finally know . . .

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