you wait and wait
rod in anticipation
you feel it suddenly
it pulls
you say what could it be?
and reel a shoe
you throw again
wait
it pulls
what if it is nothing?
and you reel a soldier’s boot
fish’s footwear company
you throw once more
wait
even fall asleep
a little she-crab tickles the line
you reel
the tickle
had hidden behind a stone
you throw again
wait
tickle the line
somebody reels you up
you do not like it in the air
in the light
you are thrown back in the water
you wait
pull up and down
what if the line breaks?
hurly burly
you wake up
have no voice
only the scales
speak