or frog, snail or salamander
always wet and snot-slimed
dodging my beloved sun
water is their lover
I’m a lizard, blood runs cold
until the morning excites me
I skitter except in winter
I crave to be them
when my world is too much
and slip into the pool
and I bet they’ve thought
of a sunny rock if their
wet turns freezing cold
we can wink at each other’s lover
from time to time
nothing wrong with that
but everyone must toughen up
for when opposites bang together
they will also pull farther apart
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