The Biggest Fish

The biggest fish he gits away,

     But now jest merely s’posin’

You set out in your boat some day

     A-kind uv dreamin’, dosin’,

An’ he should come along an’ bite,

     An’ by your skill command him,

An’ after one big, long, hard fight,

     You’d reel an’ truly land him?

What then? Why simply by an’ by

     You wanter fish ag’in there,

Anticipation’s knocked sky-high

     Becuz he isn’t in there.

Ah friend, rejoice with smaller fare,

     An’ don’t do any mopin’;

It’s best to know he’s allus there

     To furnish us the hopin’.

June 7, ‘09