Let any fish / who meets my gaze / learn the true meaning of fear / for I am the harbinger of death

The bane of creatures subaqueous / my rod is true and unwavering / as I cast into the aquatic abyss / a man, scorned by this uncaring earth / finds solace in the sea

My only friend / the worm upon the hook / wriggling, writhing / struggling to surmount / the mortal pointlessness / that permeates this barren world

I am alone / I am empty / And yet / I fish