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Gerasimos...of Gaios

(a `tidied up` re-post)

 

In the aftermath of war
And plenitude
Of remnant explosives
Gerasimos
Had `come into possession` 
of several
Hand grenades.

 

And, desiring
to eat 
Of more fish
Than a mere net afforded,
Had chanced his arm
At the concussing method
Of piscatorial capture.

 

Something
(A faulty safety pin perhaps?)
Failed.

 

And - 
On that occasion -
...

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