So listen. If you’re going to be
a smart fish, know that,
if you take the bait, you don’t get credit
for all the times you passed it by.

The fisherman only gets wilier,
the lie never gets more true,
and if you want to stay free,
well, it’s up to you.

©Wendy Mulhern
March 2, 2017

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