I See

by Ashok Niyogi

caterpillar curls up
in that moment
energy has singularity
he is hunchbacked
with desire
he jumps and lands
the blade of grass
bends beneath his weight
one dewdrop
is shaken off

ladybird is out
from beneath the rock
in rain laden sun
she airs her wings
energy is total abandon
unshackled from chores
she goes walk about
eventually she is trapped
in a vaguely scented blob
of sugared maple gum

snake is deliberate
energy is pinpointed
in snake eyes
breast slithering out
from fragile discarded skin
as ephemeral as wax
salivating scales actively emerge
each with a malevolent eye
that cannot actually see

pure magic
this wool gathering is
just supercilious tricks
embedded in the belief
that caterpillar is snake
and the world is torn apart
by a taloned ladybird

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