11.       Catch him a pike

He didn’t really know what he was fishing for

Compliments? Love? Respect?

Either would make him smile

But he wasn’t fond of fish.

That’s why, when he sat with a line in the water and caught a small one

He didn’t want to touch it.

He sat there

Dangled it over the lakes surface

Watched it flap about not knowing what to do.

Maybe he could just cut the line and let it go?

Maybe he could carry it home this way?

But before he had the chance to act

A pike breached the ripples and devoured that tiny problem fish.

Moral of the story

If you take too long fucking about with your problems

They might just get bigger