Thursday, January 26, 2012

Toad


Toad

by Beverly Ewart

Almost excremental,
in appearance, elemental,
hopping hazardously before my mower blade;

a clump of lumpy brown
so far below me, on the ground:
Fragile-skinned amphibian making for the shade.

I shut off the mower
and do all that's in my power
to search for a refuge from destruction for the toad.

A person looking on
laughs at the antics on my lawn,
but I revere a creature who looks at life through eyes of gold.

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