Southern Fried Weirdness

Live Bait Works Best

By Brian Rosenburger

Dressed for success
in brand new
hipboots and catalog
ordered vest,

Flies untouched
by water
decorating his hat,

and louder than
the VFW hall
on a Friday evening...

How'd this Yankee
stumble on this
stretch of river?

A question
cut short by
his soliloquy
on the wonders
of his brand
new spinnerbait
guaranteed
to land the big ones.

On and on that
mouth worked
like a largemouth bass
out of water
gasping its last.

Damn fool.
I guessed by his clothes,
confirmed by his words,
live bait works best
be it worms, crickets,
minnows, or leeches.
Any fool worth spit
knows that.

Information I did
not share and when
his jabber turned to screams
as the thing rose up
and shredded flesh
with claws overlooked
by evolution.
I offered silent prayer
with this offering
the fishing might
improve.

About the author:

Brian Rosenberger lives in the suburban wilds of Marietta, Georgia, and is active in the Adopt-A-Bigfoot program, a volunteer organization concerned with the care and rescue of this unrecognized endangered species. Additional information about Brian and his other inhumanatarian efforts can be found at http://home.earthlink.net/~brosenberger.

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Live Bait Works Best