earth

in the hot thicket
the bird’s beak breaks up brown earth.
earth quakes, worm tremors.

is the world so small
to a beetle on gray dust?
thoughts beyond this dirt.

the little duckling
runs across the grey dirt road.
freedom for taking.

on a sunny day
a gray squirrel digs up nuts.
watching the magpie.

the hair on the hare
is brown and somewhat threadbare.
famines will murder.

imagine the world.
see the turning light to dark.
summer to autumn.