if frogs don't sleep
how do they stay so green
against the odds of mud and snakes
of shivering respite
beneath a stone
in a gutter
in the palm of a toddler
whose curiosity
might be a sentence
to the bucket
or a flush in the toilet
depending on the cut of the moon
the humidity in the catskills
or the apparition of mercy
how she greeks you through the tall grass
an odyssey of deer ticks
a seduction of gopher holes
would you know another pond
its lattice of scum
and would it soothe you
in the half of your brain safe enough to dream
or would it like the warts on my pillow
leave you wanting
greeks! and that half of the brain <3
ReplyDeletecut of the moon/odyssey of deer ticks, so good!
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