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| Pond-er Life by � coondogk9 Spread across the shallows where moss and mussels grow. Minnows team in schools and perch put on a show. A lazy catfish stirs the mud fanning on the bottom, under the shade of a log, that's laying there and rotting. A dragonfly flits its wings hovering like it's still. With lace wings like a web finds a flower and unrolls its quill. A lily pad so smooth and green floating on the surface. Sports its pretty flowers for God and all of us. Water gently laps along the rivers edge. Washing over pebbles scavengers often dredge. On bended wing a bird scans the ripples. Looking for an easy target perhaps one that's crippled. A turtle slowly makes his way among the sunken stones. Stick a finger in the water, and poof�he goes home. A crawdad winds its way backwards in his motion. Little lobsters of the pond speeds away at some commotion. He goes the wrong direction, it's strange the way he travels. Flipping his tail under, then away as it unravels. All these things we seldom see, we're in such a rush. Take a little time and see it, in the water or underbrush. Vision Quest � 2002 T Lovett |