A Guest Blog by Nick Colantonio
Fly fisher Nick Colantonio, well-known in certain elite angling circles as the Comatose Angler, sent me this lovely poem he had adapted to fit his needs:
From Costa de Cocos, 2013
On Chetumal’s distant shore
I took a reed and scratched into the sand
… Sweetheart I love thee …
a WAVE
came by and washed away the fair impression.
Cruel wave, frail reed, treacherous sand,
I will trust you no more, but with giant hand
pluck from Xcalac’s shore her tallest palm,
set it afire, and write in blazing letters across the sky
… SWEETHEART, I LOVE THEE …
And I’d like to see any god-damn wave wash that out.
*Adapted from a poem in the Minnesota Technilog, circa 1963
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