They sold shampoo
to a frog
the frog had no hair
but it had skin
and skin
is enough
to be cleaned
The fish wore
a swimming costume
to the pool
and looked at us
the way experts look
at beginners
Shakespeare
simply shook
his ears
long enough
and became
shakespeare
The sky
changes its clouds
every morning
by evening
it dyes them
pink and orange
we call it sunset
it calls it
a fresh look
Birds have feet
and feet deserve shoes
tiny ones
with tiny laces
they would wobble
and we would forgive them
everything
even the falling gifts
from above
“Why don’t birds
wear pads?”
someone asked
the sky said nothing
the birds said nothing
the pavement
said everything
Santa is bound
by clauses
he signed them
long ago
in the cold
deliver joy
or lose the sleigh
no sick days
no excuses
just the night
and all those rooftops
They named it
sea shore
not sea sweet
because the sea
never quite learned
to be gentle
the shore
is only
its best attempt
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