THE LURE

      for Harvey Rosen

to find the tuna

follow the porpoise

run and gun it

turn your engines off

yards from the school

the trick: to get your bait in

as the boat drifts

forward, on the slide

when you hook one

rest the rod on the rail

sit with all your weight

on the end

time your reeling

with the rocking

when the boat tilts down

you reel down

reel to the beat

of the tail

crank

to the slack beat

grind the fish

an inch at a time

the trick: to live life like this

some can, some can’t

some have no choice

the thrill of the fight

has had its hooks in them

from the start