Catfished

Eileen G'Sell

The stream is someone’s childhood. Or someone’s only child. Next to each other the two seem to mean the exact same thing. The exact same thing has happened to me more times than I can count. But not this. Not this thing. I will speak like Lee McQueen about waistlines and wankers. I will watch his documentary when suddenly alone. “Suddenly alone” is a contradiction when you stop to think about it. How innocent you are. How lucky, my swimmer. Someone’s verse, someone kind and tough, with glitter lips and springy hair. Someone gone, someone again, a sudden end, the just againing. Pay them back, world. Take me back. The hook is in my spine and I am casting anyway.