PONDWATER

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what the frogs discuss
when clair de lune’s whole eye
bounces into their home
like a mirror to the pupil
atop the celestial body gone
all wonky and cross gaze’d
cos heaven’s a kabuki actor
with an emotional grimace
something that is so exciting
what the frogs discuss is
croak croak croak
croak croak croak
croak croak
yeah obviously it’s a mating call
death death death
die die die
dead dead
or that’s the dramatic interpretation
banging and dying paired make an esotropic face
which is an obligation for living your life
you gotta look like a fool once in a while
you gotta see the pond only it’s a thousand frogs
conversing around their boardroom table
frog affairs superimposed on the elysian map
up up up it’s: frog deals frog wall street frog
thousands in the checking a thousand frogs
all gonna laugh at you for a life is so puny
ha ha ha
ha ha ha
ha ha
imagine you matter to frogs say
ribbit ribbit ribbit
ribbit ribbit ribbit
ribbit ribbit
the topic of discussion by night on pondwater