Fishing

Fumbling against the will of others,
you and I go to the river to fish and curse:
as an art form,
as an oath,
as a prayer.

On the drive to the river we discussed ethics.
deception and barbs
yanking the weak from their element
displaying the trophy
doing unto others
what has in other spheres and places
been done to us.

I wondered to myself, then, about karma,
if we'll pay for this someday
or if we're the masters now,
paying someone back