Triveni Journal
1927 | 11,233,916 words
Triveni is a journal dedicated to ancient Indian culture, history, philosophy, art, spirituality, music and all sorts of literature. Triveni was founded at Madras in 1927 and since that time various authors have donated their creativity in the form of articles, covering many aspects of public life....
Were the fish as bored as I?
What did they do
other than swim ‘round’?
I stood in squelching too-big-wellies,
my small rod pointing the water,
a smile pushing my face,
hating this crap,
wanting to run around
like I usually did,
like the girls, my younger brother.
But I was big, the eldest,
must keep up the show,
two generations of fisher-people
standing proud over me on this bank.
They knew it wasn’t for me
when I didn’t excite
at my small trout
I kept my mouth shut,
like about Santa Claus,
not fooled. The fish was placed
at the end of my rod
when I wasn’t looking.