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work in progress wednesday #22

toad war

angelina fay
Jul 6, 2023
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toad war		

Out of the dark night they come
         all hum towards the green star
slithering in the blades
I hear them kissing the grass where they lay

	Until they move   untrusting what is crouching in the shade
and I feel eyes like heavy marbles on a lilypad cave		
feel the hush of sleep and the restless shuffle towards a mutinous grave

Except the one night 	when nestled in the grass	they take aim
	I turn 	    and remember at once         how I came 
knowing at last      that it’s me they await	
	and if I reach through that moss 	intent on making my name 
	there'd be another me on the other side ready to save me

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