Before the last moonbeam disappears
\nyou’ve filled your canteen with water
\nand your thermos with coffee
\nand backed up the old truck to the boat trailer.<\/p>\n
Never mind that I prefer to sleep in
\non my days off, I’m with you.
\nWe drive on back roads to a place you know,
\nand slip the boat into the water.<\/p>\n
As the sun comes up, fog rises from the creek.
\nWe cut through the mist to a deep hole
\nfilled with old brush. We once found crappie here
\nand hope to again. But even if we don’t<\/p>\n
it’s the day on the water that’s the thing,
\nthe hush, the stillness, you and me
\ncommunicating without words, until
\n“Damn! Tangled again.” <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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