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1993-05-30
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More of a flop really, but it sure ain't no jog, trot, run.
No hurry, I've got all night. I shoulder, elbow,
heel and toe, fin and chin, my way.
Across golf courses, well kept lawns, highways,
from ditch to pond to creek. Whenever the mood suits
or I'm ready for a stroll- I jump up and make tracks.
They think I may be African, but they only know
for sure that I don't belong in Florida, Don't belong
in no Golf Course Water Hazzard, Don't belong in no
Bass Stocked Lake, Don't belong in no Condominium
Goldfish Pond. You see- I'm considered rough,
crude, they say I am not a sporting fish.
What they mean is I don't play by their rules.
I can leave when I like, and I go where I please.
I don't wait for an invitation or a by your leave.
All the big fish men have studied me. They all voice
concern, call me things like alien or exotic.
Make reports and recommendations.
Map a course of action. Plan a new procedure.
They just can't stop the walking catfish.
Other fish die when they try.
They poison the water, drain the pond, try
everything. Everything works and everything doesn't.
They get rid of me.
But I'm back with the next full moon-
from across the tracks or across the county.
Stealing the food from their precious native fish,
and startling their dogs at midnight.
Maybe I did just start out across some pet store
parking lot, like they say. That don't matter.
You see, I can breathe the air here.
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Copyright (c) 1993 David Holloway