The swan does not care - Richard Bloom
Larry Robinson
Lrobpoet at sonic.net
Wed Oct 21 06:28:07 PDT 2020
The swan does not care
if I think
it is beautiful.
The platypus is indifferent
to my laugh or scorn.
My great granddaughter--
"great" "grand" "daughter"--
what an odd and awe
inspiring succession
of words--
makes her 10 month old
will be known
over the tiniest
of indignations:
that piece of cheese
this book
pick me up
put me down.
I do not want
to break her spirit.
I can only show her
the swan and
the platypus,
the blue dragonflies mating over the pond,
the soft forest floor beneath the redwoods,
the crash of the ocean's waves,
the pelicans that glide above them.
I can only hope
that she will use
that fierce will
to protect
the natural world
and her place
in it.
- Richard Bloom
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