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    Catfish on a Hot Tin Roof (ballad of a bottom-feeder)

    By Beth LaBuff

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    Through the middle of a cornfield
    With its ripe and golden grain,
    'Round a waist-high prairie meadow
    Wound a pot-hole riddled lane.
    It was there a shallow puddle
    Where a sign read, “Zoned – No wake,”
    (Named with hopeful aspirations)
    Was the pond called Mammoth Lake.

    Now the puddle, at its broadest point
    Was scarcely ten feet wide,
    And submerged within its shallow depths
    A catfish did reside.
    A well-educated catfish
    For he’d memorized the rules
    So he’d graduate—top of his class
    At Small Fry Catfish School.
    Regulations he had studied were
    ONE—“Turtles are taboo,”
    Also “If it shines, don’t bite it,”
    Advised precept NUMBER TWO.
    And then if perchance unthinkably,
    You find a hook you’ve bit,
    Then rule NUMBER THREE will save your fins
    Just “Flop, then twist, and spit.”

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBeth LaBuff
    Release dateMar 20, 2011
    ISBN9781458150387
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    Catfish on a Hot Tin Roof (ballad of a bottom-feeder)
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    Beth LaBuff

    Before moving to the high desert of northeastern Arizona, Beth LaBuff was born, raised, and for many years, lived in rural Iowa. She enjoys writing narrative light verse with many of her poems having that rural flavor. Each poem is perfect for family reading and many give a nod to a Bible phrase or event.

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