tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7144422616064810312.post826996462856907836..comments2023-10-19T02:14:23.698-07:00Comments on Zealotry of Guerin: Poetry and Fiction by Christopher Guerin: Catching a Catfish with a Gourd (Josetsu)cguerinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15669393235135523622noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7144422616064810312.post-84972507025927835172011-11-16T18:20:01.249-08:002011-11-16T18:20:01.249-08:00how do you catch a catfish in a gourd?
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c...how do you catch a catfish in a gourd?<br /><br />Right...<br />catfish slippery<br />gourd slippery<br />and I am to catch this catfish<br /><br />mountains stand behind<br />covered by mist<br />mountains have grown<br />as have my whiskers<br />and my clothes tear and wear out with time <br />and I am to catch <br />slippery catfish<br />with slippery gourd -<br />O god <br />of streams and mountains! <br />how do you catch, dear god of bamboo,<br />a catfish in a gourd?<br /><br />and the waters flow<br />of many monsoons and storms<br />and the river has changed its course <br />many times<br />while I stand here with my gourd<br />and myself twisted and turned and all my virility lost<br />not a jot closer to my task<br />even with the god of riverbanks;<br />but all the while this catfish jumps around in the stream<br />mocking<br />clapping its fins like a pair of hands<br />and beating the water with its tail<br />and the message it sends is: “Come on! come on!<br />Catch me if you can!”<br /><br />Right...<br />catfish in the waters slippery<br />gourd in my hand slippery<br />and I am to catch this catfish <br />O god of mist and rocks<br />how do you catch a catfish in a gourd?Raj Arumugamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07035042865032104084noreply@blogger.com