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The Fight

  
The Strike. The Take.
The tail-walk.
Splash!
A flash of rainbow light.
Line tight.
 
Bowed rod, green line
Dripping, running free. But fast.
Youthful glee. I see the start
My son’s two kilo fight.
Line tight ! Line tight !
“Play it boy. Play it”
I shout; adrenaline pumping
I shout again.
“Take the strain”
Again. Again.
 
Minutes pass. First five, then ten
I shout again.
He does it right.
What a fight! To win that prize.
I realise
It’s me I want to see.
It’s me I want to free.
 
Minutes pass. Maybe forty more
Each one a moment near the score
Yet risk rides high
Loose and cry
He holds it. Holds it fast.
How I wish the landing moment past
 
Its near. The net!
This moment tells as
Inside of me excitement wells
I see the rainbow through knotted twine
He’s done it. Done it !
This son of mine. 

ROD JONES
17/2/96