Seeing different than its world of birth,
Rivers of hunting and fishing, lush and full–gone.
Foliage so rich and full all around the water,
Replaced with paint and plastic and concrete.
Now, through his vigilant, darting eyes,
All he can see is artificial replacements for his fishing world past.
Image © Mark A Phillips
Verse © Mark A Phillips
A Fishing Cat at the Riverside Zoo in Columbia, South Carolina.