"I dragged the tail and middle across the road and laid them beside the head because snake+snake+snake=snake." -Sherman Alexie, from Face

Wafers

You’ll sneak up on a family

of ducks at the pond

and you’ll watch them swim

for a moment before

you crash into the water after

them yelling never change

as they fly off alarmed

you’ll feel a sense of abandonment

you’ll walk back to your home

and put on an old record

that you listened to years ago

and that you claim changed you forever

and you’ll forget that ducks

aren't ducks aren't ducks really