as the pond reduces

surfaces thicken

duck oil castoreum lint

whirlpool for a half-second

feathers fluff & dust

stirred up blossoms

bullfrogs infest the eastern edge

fat tadpoles wriggle in the sun

conquest of space

wave shapes

impossible boulders to pick up

undependable underfoot

a vice tightened & then discarded

welded to another object

as a kind of test

lichen spirals names letters fresh

indications on the breeze