Death & Dying
Here lies Joseph Redding, who gave us the catfish.
From Black Beetles in Amber (1892)
Death & Dying
Here lies Joseph Redding, who gave us the catfish.
He dined upon every fish except that fish.
'Twas touching to hear him expounding his fad
With a heart full of zeal and a mouth full of shad.
The catfish miaowed with unspeakable woe
When Death, the lone fisherman, landed their Jo.
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Bierce, Ambrose. “Here lies Joseph Redding, who gave us the catfish.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bierce/422/.
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Bierce, Ambrose. “Here lies Joseph Redding, who gave us the catfish.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bierce/422/.
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