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The Narcissist and the Frog


 I twist to admire the print of my new boots
on the path. It is now that I notice the yoga

stretch of frogs, their long, cold, fatal embrace
of mud. They stare ever upwards, their goggle

eyes spawned. I bend from the hip like a dancer,
choosing the frog that is best preserved, peel

a dry caress of leather from the tarmac. I parade
to the ponds, lift a leaf of marsh marigold, slide

the perfect body clean into the water, its zig
zags weave under a headstone of hawthorn.

My lovely face ripples to the edge of the bank.