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Be The Best of Whatever You Are - Poem
Be The Best of Whatever You Are - Poem
By Douglas Malloch
Notes
Stanza 1
rill (rivulet) – small river
scrub – small trees
Stanza 2
‘muskie then just be a bass’
a Muskie (common name of Muskellunge fish), a relatively uncommon and rare freshwater fish
native to North America; be a Bass (an edible fish) but the liveliest Bass in the lake. The Muskie
may be precious and hard to catch but they aren’t favorites of the locals.