fishing trip

it's so nice out
honey, it's a
beautiful sunny
day. let's go
fishing, she says.
with glee and
does a little
happy hop
in the middle of
the livingroom.
let's make a day
of it, take a drive
out to the lake.
i'd like to catch
a fish and fry
it up on a black
skillet on a
campfire we made
oursleves. i'll
make some potato
salad and we can
bring a few ears
of corn too. it
will be so much
fun. i haven't
been fishing since
i was a little
girl. let's go.
come on, get up
off the couch
and let's pack
the car and roll.
i look up over
the edge of
my newspaper,
mute the tv, as
the game is about
to start and say,
you do know that
safeway sells fish
now, don't you? oh,
yeah. flounder
and everything.