THE FISH AND THE CROOK

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Two fishes met
On a cold market day morning
Said Supi as Nagga listens
"Words on the streets of this stream
Such as words that makes fib
They say crooks love just like we fish
And woo, chase, feel, care and give
Their heart away in tender abandon

Nagga was angered
At such a blasphemous proclaim
So he forfeited his day's profit
And in a hurry left he
For the graveled path to the crooks tent
There he found him walking his puppy
"I've come so as to know
The veracity of this rumor
Which thrives amongst fishes
That like us, crooks love

"Yes we love
They did not tell you
Than most vicar you know
And surely better than fishes
Whose love dissolves with the very bubbles
which heralds it
Love happens to all my friend
Wise, have-nots, just, unwise, unjust, have and
suchlike labeled
Without bias doth he choose his victims
For he does not divide folks and fishes
As we do, into periods and classes
Fishes and crooks can all love
Truly love
In fidelity or infidelity
According to our lineaments and leanings
But we all can love
Love gratis
To me love is eternal once and undying
To fishes my friend
It is but (transient) intense in discrete"
So qouth the crook as he strutted away
His dog's tail waving the awed fish.

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