of all the fish in the trees

and birds in the sea

don’t pick me

i am a pile of pebbles

and each day i try to

skip one across to the

other side

some bounce

two or three

times before

they sink

others not once

not one

has made it yet

it’s a long way to go

it’s a long way to go

of all the fish in the trees

and birds in the sea

don’t pick me

bhagiti 7.24.07 perrysburg, oh