Pescadores

Pescadores

Peter the fisherman was poor his net yield little, but all fishermen

are supposed to be poor live in a shack for and have eleven children.

for some this is true and they live up to our romantic ideal for whom

good Christian women knit jumpers and warm gloves.

there are fishermen not so poor, they are trawlers empty

the seas and make money and bonus and a warm bunk to sleep in

at night. Of course their high living standard is only temporary when

the ocean is almost empty; trawlers do not go to sea but rust somewhere

in a bay of despair. And  again small fishing boats have to set sail and try

to catch a codfish or two. But Peter knew better he became a fisher of

souls and never got wet feet again.