Sunfish

wise you
to hide in the shade of the diving dock
keeping your sunniness a secret
from little fishergirls like me

I thrilled
to feel you nibble at my hook
glimpse you swirling up from the dark
hold your thrashing, golden roundness
watch your scaley, flip flop shininess

now
I think of the terror in your eye
the red wound in your fishy mouth
your gills gulping for water