I

Grasshopper on my hook

Consider your life and its end

Men have lived thusly

Hooked through the vitals

Repeatedly washed along the same currents.

II

The hook is well set

Line strong and fresh

Unbreakable

I know your future

It is mine

You think your belly is being filled

That the day is going well!

III

Rainbow fish

As I spider you from your water life

I see that your eyes too

Are pleased by the aspen’s lemon-yellow streakings.