The Path Was Alive

the path was alive
this morning
shimmerin’, slitherin’
wavin’ to and fro

OH!

plethoras of skinks
and prairie dogs
plus the occasional
jackrabbit and roadrunner
dartin’ across the path
from the shadows
to the riverbank
and away

there were also
the mandatory fence-sittin’
pigeons and crows
out for the mornin’
show

–LE – 5/31/24