birthday by may swenson
What am I dong here?
What are the waves doing running? -
the grass doing growing?
What is the worm doing making its hole? -
the sun glowing? - the stone
sitting unmoving. Remove
the stone: A shadow is missing.
The moon is making its circle.
A moth is emerging.
A mountain is shifting. A forest
is burning. A snake
is leaving its skin. A fig tree
is hearing. What am I doing here -
the waves running and hissing?
Dawn is doing its breaking.
The grass is growing.
A buttercup fills with light.
What am I doing? What am I making?
What is the stone doing? Making
its shadow. The worm is making its hole.
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