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A good day`s work

by  joanie

Posted: Monday, July 31, 2006
Word Count: 62
Summary: I was unexpectedly moved while watching BBC's 'Trawlermen' this evening. I buy too many King-sized prawns! YET... it thrills me that fishing is the last remaining activity where Man still hunts!




and what if the sea
is so powerful
that it takes
this solid metal heavy
home to trawlermen
into its depths?

and what if this
little girl who kissed
her daddy goodbye
this morning
never sees him
again? Ever?

are King-sized
North Sea prawns
so vital to the life
of Westerners
like me? Is honest work
so vital to the family man?