Fisherman’s Task

How many times, I ask,
was a fisherman’s task
to clean the catch of the day 
upon this lakeside dock
by barely four o’clock,
well before the skies turned gray?
The handle of the pump
would jitter, clack and thump,
to wash that night’s fish buffet.

Published in "The Dilettante's Garden" and"Eloquence"
by Jack Huber- All rights reserved

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