Tembrel

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Zen O'Clock

Moss Pockets

Tembrel arrived sometime

between a raindrop and

a woodpecker.

Nobody knew when that was.

Tembrel did.

Three woodpecker knocks

past pomegranate.

Almost fern wiggle.

Plenty of time.

A leaf fell.

Leaf-thirty.

Tembrel wandered on.

By the creek, two dragonflies

crossed in opposite directions.

Quarter past blueberry.

The blueberry disagreed.

Farther ahead, the other

creatures were waiting.

"What time is it?"

Tembrel looked around.

A snail was still crossing

Tuesday.

The moss hadn't put

its pockets on.

"Almost moss-pocket."

A fern wiggled.

Once.

Twice.

Nearly lunch.

Right on schedule,

a woodpecker knocked

seven times.

A porcupine produced

a waffle and one ravioli.

Apparently, lunch.

Near the bend, a dinosaur

sat beneath a tree.

It had been there since

quarter past fern.

Possibly longer.

Dinosaurs were terrible

with remembering.

Tembrel sat beside it.

A raindrop landed

on a stone.

A nearby beetle

lost its train of thought.

Plink.

Another followed.

A leaf twirled down.

The woodpecker knocked.

Then the fireflies appeared.

Firefly o'clock.

Everyone stopped.

The whole forest blinked.

Tembrel stayed until

three fireflies past cricket.

Then wandered home.

The moon smiled upside down.

The earth whispered, "Wheee."

And there are popsicles on

Thursdays.

Now goes barefoot

— Spunky Mind

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