A poem with no commas or God
I learned nature is more civilized than civilization
A poem with no commas or God
by Bob Hicok
Caught a big fish years ago a pike two feet long without bait just a hook and my red shirt right from shore someone cut it open slopped the guts out cooked it we ate it for dinner later I saw another fish looking for that fish I figured in the unfinished house of my seven year old brain and apologized to the deaf ear of the water sincerely and never fished again except for love and moonlight and ice cream the next day after dinner when there wasn’t any in the freezer I walked barefoot in my red shirt again and always in those days a mile into town for a cone better than almost anything that’s happened since is how I remember remembering it even though I probably had shoes on and the water listened to every word I said and nodded now and then so I’d know it was paying attention and not just waiting for its turn to speak is how I learned nature is more civilized than civilization is natural or something I guess like that or different





Dammit Bob! Leave some for the rest of us!
Thank you BH, thank you Karan. These make my every day…..