The Snowflake Which Is Now and Hence Forever
Will it last? he says
Is it a masterpiece?
Will generation after generation
Turn with reverence to the page?

Birdseye scholar of the frozen fish
What would he make of the sole, clean, clear
Leap of the salmon that has disappeared?

To be, yes! -- whether they like it or not!
But not to last when leap and water are forgotten
A plank of standard pinkness in the dish

They also live
Who swerve and vanish in the river