By Thomas Page
268
A dying leaf, life
In miniature; a mystery
Play put on by trees.
269
A wolf howling at
The moon is looking for some
Other of its kind.
270
A child will not know
The fruits thrown into the trash
By his own parents.
271
A caterpillar
Wishes to be a butterfly
Soaring in the sky.
272
Butterflies wish to
Be caterpillars on the
Ground always carefree.
273
A painting looks so
Composed when the viewer is
Very far away.
274
A dog is open
About its feelings. A cat
Will feel in secret.
275
Hard-headed people
Will try to build a house on
Sand using logic.
276
Mountains are made of
Plates carefully and slowly
Balanced by marched time.
277
Ducks floating beneath
A bridge spanning a river in
A dying-leaf fall.
278
A well-run pathway
Will have, in occasion, a
Sprouting blade of grass.
