Curiosity

I picked up a snail

Today from a tree trunk -

This seems harsh.

Snail! You are so small!

How can you slide up

Vertically and not slip?

As if there was no

Such thing as magic!

You are too scared

To answer me. I am too

Excited to insist.

Snail! Tell me your secrets

Like my best friend.

Alfred

Ode To A Tadpole

I picked up a tadpole

Today from the pond -

This seems childish.

Tadpole! You are too small.

How can you grow?

Then break out of that egg?

As if there was no

Such thing as a teenager.

You're too small

To answer me. I am too

Frightened to persuade you.

Tadpole! Don't be slithery

Like a long worm.

Jack