rotten dead corpse of a mostly eaten animal
fur partially visible
shrunken dehydrated body missing teeth
and a half of a head
animal forensics not being my forte
I could not identify the body
even with hairs attached
to the delight of the children
I was able to detect
footprints of opossum, raccoon, toddler
to and fro waters edge
amidst the constant green scat of canadian geese
and chocolate offerings of deer
we hop scotched our way
smelling rotten flesh
and pond scum
teenaged cigarette butts litter the sand
we can’t wait for summer to start
when the lake is chlorine clean
and cottonmouths roam free
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April 6, 2009 at 12:15 am
Linda Jacobs
Wow, you really managed to evoke a spring-time walk near a lake! The world is awfully dirty at this time of the year. I was looking at our back yard today and…what a mess! The snow should be melted soon so I’ll be able to rake.
April 6, 2009 at 11:05 am
watermaid
The other face of Spring – how well you evoked it.
July 22, 2009 at 2:29 am
Anna
Wow that painted quite a picture. It was very real. I like it.
I like the clean design of your blog. I am also a poet with a few poetry blogs. Some of them accept submissions. Would you be interested in submitting poetry and/or exchanging links? If you are, you can find out more at the page which is linked to from my name above.
Thanks! And keep writing, it’s great