Leviathan commands the frog people -
not they are people, they are really just
kinda-smart frogs – and tells them
to convert all waters to swamp and
live in soaked trees. Kick out the owls
if you have to. Their ability to predict
the past has long since been useless.
Tell the fish they better grow feet
and one might add that we’re stealing
their oxygen as well, so I guess
so much for those gills. So sorry
you spend all those years
evolving so.
And tell the deer to prance away.
They will be more than pleased
to flee from any sight or sound
and we can’t have their precious
deer hooves getting all covered
in mushy dirt.
There’s no room left for the specifics,
for the aquatic people in the water and
the earthen people on the land, it’s time
for both, it’s the Time of Frogs,
of shallow water and mushy soil
and swampy grass and clammy
frog sweat in cool, foggy
frog marshes.
