when the carp hiss in the tall water grass... when the croppie spawn along the shallow sandy bank... when the old man spits to the left and looks right... when whipporwhil circles across the center of big sandy creek and the dragonflys mate and copperheads lay out on the warm rocks... i know.
Reason for writing:
if a fish is the biblical representation of mystery, then what is the fisherman?
Birth sign: Taurus
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