Berniece

Live Bait

Don’t drag me

through the mud

I don’t feed off

filth

 

I only bite

your wriggling worms

 

Wear your waders or

I’ll draw blood

 

You can try trolling

but your boat motor

leaks poison

into my tide

 

If your hook catches my gills,

release me

 

I’d rather die free

than in your ice-box