As if my dream of him was a premonition
Nick sends a photo holding a huge fish
Caught the day after I sent him my vision
But his real fish is bigger than in my dream
Seeing it I laugh delighted but nervous
Enjoying the uncanny coincidence
Tinged with disapproval at the image
Looking like Hemingway off Key West
It looks like he hauled in a giant tuna
A fish that humans are killing off
And now that I know fish feel pain
The thought of those hooks hurts me
My skeptical life partner disbelieves
Declaring it must be photoshopped
Or pulled from some past fishing trip
Doubting the timing sensing a joke
Leading me to think the image is spoof on me
Tricked again by being a gullible person
But Nick assures me no such thing
It’s an amberjack caught that very day
He’s in Hawaii enjoying a family vacation
And always releases whatever he catches
But this fish was given to a local church
To feed the hungry who gather there
