The Overly Amazing Catch

For Gene, mourning you in celebration this year.

Three brothers stood, from eldest to least of age.
High noon made them antsy, hearts wanted to be uncaged.

Then from under a bush, perfectly timed, came a wandering hare;
A brief notion of want, lead to a grand brotherly dare.

Challenge accepted, the eldest took ready hands out of his pockets.
They locked eyes, he took a step and BOOM! they were off like rockets!

They zigged and zagged between tombstones, blurring as they moved.
The hare had blinding speed and a man on his tail with something to prove.

Now two brothers stood, the youngest with high hopes, the other simply amazed.
If the eldest catches the hare, the memory would last the rest of their days.

A caught hare punctuated an exceptional victory of man,
As did the golden stream of fear that flowed from his hands.

Author's Note

Thanks for reading. Special thanks to, Angi for sparking the idea that lead me to write this. She asked me to try my hand at "funny." Here it is... my older bro caught a rabbit in a cemetery when I was about twelve. This was my retelling of said event.

Reviews

[icelandicblue]

Wow your brother must have been fast. I love the tombstone setting imagining the hare darting in and out to finally be caught imagining his doom only to leave three boys laughing with an echo that reverberates decades later. Getting peed on by anything is not something that brothers would easily let go, I imagine it made for many laughing fits later. It's a great poem and a great piece of family lore to boot. Thanks for sharing that.

[Travis Gibson (poetic heroics)]

He was fast, that day it proved to be otherworldly! I've always aspired to reach that level of athleticism. My younger brother and I still laugh at that rabbit peeing on him. Lol thanks for an awesome review.

[Jack...]

Very cool my friend. Wonderful story and laughing at the picture in my mind of him chasing that rabbit and the last line.

[Travis Gibson (poetic heroics)]

We all had an amazing laugh that day. I'm almost thirty years old and still can't believe he did that. Haha but, thanks for your visit and kind review.

[Rose Diamond]

Very light and optimistic, yet I can still sense a little dark in the light. Another very good write!

[Travis Gibson (poetic heroics)]

Thank you, Rosie I always look forward to your wonderful thoughts.

[Frieda P]

Bittersweet memory Travis, this tugs at my heart, especially since I have three boys. Thanks for sharing his memory with us. x

[Travis Gibson (poetic heroics)]

Thank you, Frieda. It was the most amazing thing I've watched anyone do (next to childbirth).