Squat

Assume the Position

By: Melissa Cummings - Sep 19, 2016

SQUAT


squat on fortyfive degree
feet echo the slant
of the granite
to the frog pond
with its tiny lily pads
on which dog sinks
rises muddy
needs a tub
in a bath room
other dog slides
in needs a tub

as boys leap
from block to block
around the frog
pond spy a twenty foot
sheer wall
have to go
through bloody trees
spiny vines climb
find a tent a camp fire site
a trap
which they javelin
to the frog pond
by reeds where third dog nests
thrusts her head through
to check

discover a cave
as big as
a living room
all the way to
spy on people
up Vernon's
lose the bicycle
amid the weave
of paths find Sata
finds the bicycle