Friday, July 10, 2015

the fighting fishes





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The fighting fishes
Once it was a popular past time
Every one would go out hunting
Some would buy

The early years
Living in the village
We would watch the fish fights
On the side betting too

I remembered those times
Going out to hunt the local fighting fishes
We would scout amongst the oil palm trees
Sometimes traveling a far distance searching in ponds

Not all the times the excursions yielded results
We could return empty handed but satisfied
Wandering around and dipping in the pond
We never thought of danger those years ago

But times changed
We saw the imported varieties came
Fierce looking fighting fishes
All in its beauty and colours

Then the popularity wane
The village folks grew up left to the city
In time nothing was heard about it
It was a time of years ago


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