November 2007 l POETRY
Bob Beagrie
Night Fishing at Antibes
(Picasso 1939)
In the night sweat of high summer
I’ll catch ye a fishie, ma deary
I’ll catch ye a fine fat fish for supper!
A coble bobs amid green harbour lights
Two brothers crouch to peer over the side
Through their elongated reflections
Antibes behind celebrates with fireworks
I’ll catch ye a fishie, ma deary
I’ll catch ye a fine fat fish for supper!
Dora and Jacqueline stand on the quay
Their giggles quiver like mooring ropes
Ahoy, we’re hungry, catch us a fishie!
The brothers are drunk on sangria and beer
I’ll catch ye a fishie, ma deary
I’ll catch ye a fine fat fish for supper!
Dora wears a bright green scarf
Jacqueline licks at an ice cream cone
Their giggles quiver like mooring ropes
There’s a one, there’s a one! Dora points
I’ll catch ye that fishie, ma deary
I’ll catch ye that fine fat fish for supper!
Her calls fill the brothers with autumn smells
While fire flowers purple between the stars
Dora waves her bright green scarf
Two clowns in a coble dance for their queens
I’ll catch ye a fishie, ma deary
I’ll catch ye a fine fat fish for supper!
But Dora has sharp thorns in her mouth
And Jacqueline wears hard stones in her eyes
As she sits astride her bicycle
For the girls the brothers are glorious fools
I’ll catch ye a fishie, ma deary
I’ll catch ye a fine fat fish for supper!
The town is thronged with song and dance
The brothers are drunk on sangria and beer
One holds a fork, the other hides a club
The harbour is bathed in envy
I’ll catch ye a fishie, ma deary
I’ll catch ye a fine fat fish for supper!
Dora and Jaqueline look like aliens
In the night sweat of high summer
Dora and Jaqueline sing like sirens
Tonight these brothers will start to fight
I’ll catch ye a fishie, ma deary
I’ll catch ye a fine fat fish for supper!
Don’t wriggle so, brother, don’t nudge me over!
Though we’re after the same fishy, ma deary
Though we’re after the very same fish on a bike
Bob Beagrie
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