Tuesday, 24 November 2015

Poets part 2

Another offering......

THE HAVE TO HAVE IT ANGLER

He has the overwhelming urge to be the best,
This drives him on, it won’t let him rest.
He’s spent a fortune buying all the latest gear,
There goes another stack of money, I fear.

He reads every angling magazine he can,
To keep up, he’s forever updating his fishing plan.
He’s spotted and buys the latest high tech pole,
In hope it will get him out of his miserable, fishing hole.

He scours the market from morn till night,
What gizmo can help him with this perceived angling plight.
The reels he has, is just not smooth enough,
He must buy the best which he feels is not so rough.

“To beat the rest you need the best”,
He’s even thinking he might have it as a tattoed on his chest.
Each time he thinks he’s got it right,
A new piece of kit appears just overnight.

Local car booters flock to his well stocked stall,
Buying his old gear, cheap, they’re having a ball.
There are many others having his likewise thought,
Thinking angling success can just be bought.

Although he has the latest kit to hand,
He’s again out of luck, he does not land.
He never feels happy and he’s always broke,
Perhaps he would feel better being an average angling bloke.

Very soon with most of his money gone,
He takes a rest, his madness done.
Maybe he’ll try fishing with just the average kit,
Stop tossing money into that bottomless pit.

With the pressure and madness gone, he might just enjoy it.


12th Aug  2014                                  by   Gordon Rowland

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