150 - "You haven't seen a little fish, have you?..."

“You haven’t seen a little fish, have you?
I thought he was caught in my net, but no -
Somehow he wormed and squirmed right out of view,
And where he’s swum to, well I just don’t know!”
“Yes sir, I saw it not so long ago.
He liked it in your net, sir, but the catch
Is that, you see, because he is just so
Tiny and shiny, and your net’s no match.”
“I see - so he fell through! But how to snatch
Him back again, or must I say adieu?”
“That I can’t say, sir. Where does the tide flow?
Maybe it carried him to some far patch.”
“You mean he’s out there somewhere in the blue?
Then lend your boat, and give me oars to row!”
Thur 1 Feb 2007