A Mullet Jumping Poem by Jim Yerman

We were walking around an arts and crafts festival when we happened upon a piece of folk art that got Deborah's heart to thumping…
It was a colorful piece…made out of wood…in its center was a yellow mullet…jumping.

And when she read the message on the art:
‘The happy mullet jumps for the pure joy of being alive'
Her memory instantly transported her back to a day when she was five.

In a boat…with her dad upon the water…is where this memory led…
When he asked her, "Why do you think that mullet jumped? "
"Because he's happy to be alive." She said.

Seeing that folk art mullet jumping was truly a surprise…
and it brought a smile to her face…and a few tears to her eyes.

For a moment…when she saw it…her dad was alive…they were together…and a little girl was, once again, enthralled…
Needless to say that jumping mullet…now hangs upon our wall.

Where every time she passes it…
she'll feel a lot of happy…and a little sad…
as she remembers a time in a boat upon the water…
with a mullet jumping…
and being together with her dad.