.walking along
with the flow of the creek
where he was born from the stony banks
and thin-leafed trees
he sees Egairia
feeling tense
trying to keep her smile
her fondness
staying
as if he were hers
He knows
downstream a way
in the middle
of muddy water
there is a fish
From the riffles
as long as his arm
as fat as his thigh
docile as his affection
he brings it benign
by her doubt
to the filleting
stand
where the elderly
woman
knife in hand
waits to know
if she’ll give it
with the flow of the creek
where he was born from the stony banks
and thin-leafed trees
he sees Egairia
feeling tense
trying to keep her smile
her fondness
staying
as if he were hers
He knows
downstream a way
in the middle
of muddy water
there is a fish
From the riffles
as long as his arm
as fat as his thigh
docile as his affection
he brings it benign
by her doubt
to the filleting
stand
where the elderly
woman
knife in hand
waits to know
if she’ll give it
a try
.
.
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