Monologue Of A Commercial Fisherman

A poem by Alan Dugan

“If you work a body of water and a body of woman

you can take fish out of one and children out of the other

for the two kinds of survival. The fishing is good,

both kinds are adequate in pleasures and yield,

but the hard work and the miseries are killing;

it is a good life if life is good. If not, not.

You are out in the world and in in the world,

having it both ways: it is sportive and prevenient living

combined, although you have to think about the weathers

and the hard work and the miseries are what I said.

It runs on like water, quickly, under the boat,

then slowly like the sand dunes under the house.

You survive by yourself by the one fish for a while

and then by the other afterward when you run out.

You run out a hooky life baited with good times,

and whether the catch is caught or not is a question

for those who go fishing for men or among them for things.”

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• Шекспир – Любовь к себе моим владеет взором – Сонет 62 by William Shakespeare
• Шекспир – Люблю твои глаза – Сонет 132 by William Shakespeare
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• Шекспир – Как и любовь – Сонет 151 by William Shakespeare
• Шекспир – Дыханье мысли и огонь желанья – Сонет 45 by William Shakespeare
• Шекспир – Доверьем мнимым держится любовь – Сонет 138 by William Shakespeare
• Шекспир – День без тебя казался ночью – Сонет 43 by William Shakespeare
• Шекспир – Чтобы стихи, рожденные когда-то – Сонет 38 by William Shakespeare
• Шекспир – Что, если бы я право заслужил – Сонет 125 by William Shakespeare
• Шекспир – Бессмертную хоронят красоту – Сонет 83 by William Shakespeare
• Шекспир – А это смерть – Сонет 64 by William Shakespeare
• Шарль Бодлер – Жажда небытия by Charles Baudelaire
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• Омар Хайям – О друге я мечтал, но им не стал никто by Omar (Омар) Khayyam (Хайям) عمر خیام

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