Virex

🌀 ZigZag Tricks

Bubble Puddles

Dragonfly Detours

The trail had more than one

good idea.

About as many as a carnival

has popcorn smells.

A puddle sat on the trail blowing

bubbles.

One bubble wore a tiny hat.

Nobody mentioned it.

Some suggested turning around

and finding popcorn instead.

The puddle suggested nothing at

all.

It was busy being a puddle.

Virex zigzagged sideways.

Just far enough.

Where the edges become colors.

It followed a line of curious stones

and stepped over a friendly root.

Then nodded politely to a fern and

arrived on the other side looking

pleasantly surprised.

The puddle was still there.

It seemed perfectly happy about it.

The others blinked.

"You didn't go through."

Virex looked back.

"I noticed."

Nobody knew whether that was

the answer.

Nobody minded.

A dragonfly took a detour

over Tuesday and through

a rainbow.

Sometimes there was another way.

Like walking around a rainbow 

instead of under it.

The puddle blew another bubble.

It wore two hats.

Nobody mentioned that either.

Even the puddle seemed pleased.

The dragonflies applauded.

Dragonflies do that before 

changing their minds.

The moon smiled upside down.

The earth whispered, "Wheee."

And there are popsicles on

Thursdays.

Roots curve sideways

Straight is already taken

— Spunky Mind

See you on the trail...

in the magical world of

The ZigZag Creature

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