Early To Bed
These flowerlike leaves
amidst the grass
are said to be good
for mountain dysentery.
That is why
the hind limbs
of the grasshopper,
look so robust.
Why does the dragonfly
show such marked preference
for small violet flowers?
Now it is evening,
the crickets
will start their night long song,
the bullfrogs don’t even know
how out of tune they are.
Or maybe they do,
maybe they strike
this discordant note,
just for the pleasure
of keeping me awake.