{"id":1002,"date":"2007-05-29T11:21:00","date_gmt":"2007-05-29T11:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ink.verticalplus.co.uk\/archive\/?p=1002"},"modified":"2007-05-29T11:21:00","modified_gmt":"2007-05-29T11:21:00","slug":"new-poem-and-a-new-contributor-fish-by-deborah-arnander","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/new-poem-and-a-new-contributor-fish-by-deborah-arnander\/","title":{"rendered":"New poem – and a new contributor – Fish by Deborah Arnander"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fish<\/span>

When you were eleven <\/span>
you loved fishing.<\/span>

When you were forty <\/span>
you went out<\/span>
and bought yourself the best<\/span>
rods and lures <\/span>
your hard-earned money could buy.<\/span>
You even bought<\/span>
a special fishing hat.<\/span>
You sat on the bank<\/span>
in your nylon chair<\/span>
        waiting.<\/span>
The trees dripped honeydew<\/span>
onto thick water.<\/span>
And there were dragonflies.<\/span>
They made you think of your first kiss.<\/span>

Then suddenly<\/span>
a small vibration <\/span>
singing on the line<\/span>
and something tugging \u2013<\/span>
Quick!<\/span>
Your fingers fumble at the reel<\/span>
you bite your lip:<\/span>
a little silver perch<\/span>
with orange fins<\/span>
rips twisting up into the air.<\/span>

Your heart goes down<\/span>
seesawing<\/span>
plop.<\/span>

You weren't expecting fish.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Deborah Arnander is a literary translator, working from French to English. She's lived in Bangkok, Paris, San Francisco and Seville; now has two young children and lives in Norwich. She has just completed a diploma in creative writing at the University of East Anglia.
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