Casting upstream

The current easing 

Bait along the bed

To tease the perch 

That hunger for

The minnow used

To hide the hook

Embedded within

They are wily but

Hunger craves

This passing morsel

Dulling caution

Easing risk of

The needle sharp

Tip that snares 

The mouth painless

But incapacitating

In an instant caught

Hoisted in shock

To be manhandled

To a water filled

Bucket there to

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A fate of feast

At the end of

An angler’s day