fish down there tadpoles smallmouth bass
red-eyed bicycle tires musky pike
walleye and drum
a fishing hut that fell through the ice four years ago
three cases of beer the owner out for a leak
made it to shore
perch sunfish catfish rosary beads bibles
carp bullets the sturgeon finally returned
they bump around in the murk
nose a ten-horsepower motor
a rotary phone
garpike down there and minnows in shallows
risking jars and small nets
minnows like sudden cartoons
the neighbour fishes
but not through the ice
wood ducks in spring dabble
feet paddle the water
mallards all summer long tipping up
going down