Totem
a rock
shape of testicles
size of an Italian plum
brown with shades of indigo and gray
lightly chipped
ordinary
until moist with finger oil
a salmon
leaps clouded rapids
otters wait behind to catch the spray
stored with a worry stone
found
at a freeway rest stop
philosopher's pebbles
thrown at a stray cat
Oct Michael Dean and poems for peace at:
http://gardawg.homestead.com/gardawg.html
*New* Wild/Eliot Hyperpoem at: http://wildhyper.homestead.com/front.html
Poets for Peace. ˇPoemas sí, balas no!
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