Catfish

one long 

catfish

mottled 

ancient

shadow flecked

scales aligned

belly in the slime

watching the surface tension

for flies

flicks his spined tail

this way and then that

flicks 

his dagger tail

this way

then

that

Reviews

[John the Baptist]

I pick up something sinister about this catfish. He is a predator, but being ancient, that is how he has survived. He waits on the bottom, watching for any careless fly that might alight on the surface. Then, at just the right moment, that dagger tail will propel him upward, and goodbye, Mr.Fly. As Darwin noted, nature is not overly sentimental.

[JR]

Excellent read! yes that is the tone I was trying to set... catfish in the actual sense as well as catfish in the modern sense as well ;)

[Kane Hagwood]

Catfish might look a little funny, but I've always found them to be pretty cool. For the lack of words is replaced by a vivid image in my mind, personally. Well done, and thank you for sharing.

[JR]

Thanks! I was trying to capture the image in as few words as possible, sounds like it worked!

[Kane Hagwood]

It most certainly did!