Intentions yield to awe
    
as clouds paint granite 

sun leisurely strolls

a water’s edge

and smooth black beings hover 

in cupped hands of banks 

hoovering summer algae 

infancy of jovial plumpness 

flightish instincts

wiggly tails propelling 

quick in settling back to feast 


sleek bodies dotting 

like a wishing well

unknowingly endangered

no hint of legs or spots

or frozen pond of winter  

fish flying from planes 

and climate change

foes more worthy than the natural 


as mud mortars creases of my knees

grass peaks out between digits 

tucking hair behind my ear

treasured memories of a little girl 

          Oh precious beings

         Oh precious world 
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Endangered Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog,

Ansel Adams wilderness, Ca