The Prize Undone
Ignoble afternoon– A beautiful day full Of Unproductive adventure A morning of attempts Seen successful by Others all around us Empty handed we returned To the road in search of Vivacious waters One last stop at At the end of our journey– –A great discovery This riverbed full Of our treasures Great swimmers in abundance And then great luck A catch, a beauty Long and strong, shimmering With its rainbow skin A triumph for the picture book –Alas, against the rules We had taken what we can't keep But greed made for bad decisions And before I had enlightenment The light went out of its eyes There was death in the water A waste of a noble creature Now fish food — We must listen To our children, their Natural moral instincts Are better than our Ignoble age.