Evening, September 5, 2001

GNATS

Our evening walk to the lake:

Tom said, "Thanks a lot. You left them with me."
meaning the gnats.

I wanted to tell him, as I went on,
up to the end of the road beside the lake:
"That was just a unit.
The rest of the army went with me."

While the dogs and I marched on,
the gnats followed,
doing their air-force maneuvers.
Only by walking fast could I avoid them.

If I slowed down (to write this... as I did)
They did their Blue Angels imitation
seeing how close they could fly by,
and some would fly too close,
getting caught in my eyes,
or landing on their 'runway'
to refuel!"

~~~~~


Morning, September 6, 2001

Morning Delight:

Today all the little waterbugs-so many
-swimming like little jet-skis
-looking like sparkling beads
gathering together-safety in numbers,
reflecting the bright morning sun...
gathering warmth after a cold night.

As if on cue, they ripple the water
splitting to form new shapes
...And like cloud watching,
I find myself interpreting codes:

With my head cocked to one side,
the big group looks like an E
The smaller looks like a dash
beginning to form an equal sign.

"Ah, yes.. genius
bugs figuring out Einstein's Theory
E=m..."

I left before they figured out
the rest of the equation.
;-)