that late afternoon cloud refusing<\/p>\n
to boil up to a thunder storm<\/p>\n
or<\/p>\n
the jonquils near the front door<\/p>\n
every spring the tight little buds<\/p>\n
turn brown and wither<\/p>\n
or<\/p>\n
the one misshapened button<\/p>\n
on my red blouse, the one loose<\/p>\n
shingle on the neighbor’s roof, the<\/p>\n
one french fry under the driver’s<\/p>\n
seat<\/p>\n
or<\/p>\n
one spring a bull frog took<\/p>\n
residence in the neighbor’s pool<\/p>\n
he croaked and crooned all night<\/p>\n
harmonizing with an orchestra of<\/p>\n
friendly crickets, but I didn’t have the<\/p>\n
heart to tell the little critters that<\/p>\n
the bullfrog only kept them around<\/p>\n
in case he needed a quick snack,<\/p>\n
because, you know, there’s one in<\/p>\n
every crowd<\/p>\n
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