Out To Catch Some Hope
You cast out your linebaited with insecuritiesthe little fish nibblepulling you apartthe bobber bounceslike a warning sirenbut you shove it downuntil the last air bubblebreaks at the surface of this shallow lakeone blink, nod or flinchand suddenly the bobberis looking down on youas you lay on your backsinking to the bottomwhere the crawdadspick from the remains
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