Friday Fictioneers is one of several weekly flash fiction writing challenges that I sometimes participate in. If you wish you can follow the link to see you to enter as well. Below is a picture used as the prompt for this weeks challenge
Copyright–Douglas M. Macilroy
Rick loved being a leader, but he hated politics.
He walked to the courtyard of the state congressional offices and stared down into the fish pond.
A lobbyist approached, “Senator Tyler can I have a few minutes of your time?”
“Sure, just make an appointment with my secretary.”
The man grumbled an apology and left.
Rick sprinkled breadcrumbs into the pond; he pitied the fish fighting for their share.
Only took a few minutes for the majority leader to find him, “Rick, the oil lobby is a crucial part of our reelection strategy.”
Rick pitied the politician’s fighting for crumbs in their fishpond.
Charles W. Short 
Dear Pastor Chip,
Nice analogy.
Shalom,
Rochelle
Thanks Rochelle, God bless you.
It would seem the bigger fish always wins. Nice one! – Amy
Thank you.
Dear Charles,
That’s not a fishpond, it’s a swamp. (Great story.)
Aloha,
Doug
Yep. I would tend to agree with that.
I like the way Rick controls every situation.
He certainly has his own path. Thanks for reading.
My pleasure. Thanks for the great story.
The oil lobby is no crumb; it’s the whole loaf of bread. Seems to me that Rick’s more than his share. Nice story and well told.
Thanks for reading and commenting. And yes I probably chose too big of a target when I used the oil lobby.