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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 -
Instead of Gerasimos
Eating of the fish,
The fish
(To borrow a biblicicsm)
Did eat of Gerasimos.

 

Today
A slash
Of the right hand
Across the left forearm
Will point him out

At any time
In little Gaios.

 

not for comp

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Comments

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Cynthia Buell Thomas

Wed 16th Nov 2016 12:29

Much enjoyed, fast and funny, despite the grim subject.

Any reason for the tiny script?

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John Coopey

Sun 13th Nov 2016 23:14

My dad told me that while he was in India during the war they used to catch fish by dropping grenades into the river.

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