tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33934172.post7043798751238058292..comments2024-03-22T02:18:47.835-07:00Comments on eluvium:: a little more ninaJulie Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02300114440911829060noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33934172.post-82298638007288316152007-07-10T22:11:00.000-07:002007-07-10T22:11:00.000-07:00o this is so wonderful! what a poignant and bitter...o this is so wonderful! what a poignant and bittersweet tale.Julie Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02300114440911829060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33934172.post-25584302834619399472007-07-10T12:12:00.000-07:002007-07-10T12:12:00.000-07:00The pollywogs pursue the egg She is demure they wi...The pollywogs pursue the egg <BR/>She is demure <BR/>they wiggle<BR/>they beg <BR/>they plead <BR/>they try force<BR/>Her shell holds rigid and white<BR/>She knows inside she is liquid <BR/>she is runny and yellow<BR/>Give a crack and they would devour her<BR/>They try poetry <BR/>Her shell is hard<BR/>They try bravado<BR/>Her shell is hard<BR/>They try being funny<BR/>Doesn’t she just want someone who can make her laugh?<BR/>Her shell is hard and brittle <BR/>They give up <BR/>become frogs <BR/>hop away<BR/>She becomes a chicken<BR/>years later<BR/>On the edge of a marshy pond they catch each other’s eye<BR/>Silly youth <BR/>they both think at the exact same momentAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com