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i am learning my new friend’s language
she said do you want to look for frogs sometime
i know want and frogs and yes
so i said yes
but i do not know look

the dictionary said look is to turn one’s eyes toward something
but what is turn
the dictionary said to cause to move around on an axis
what is axis
the line about which a rotating body, such as the earth, turns
so rotating
and then turns again
rotating is revolving around a central axis, line, or point
so axis again

mama i still do not know what i am doing with frogs



Eric Otto is a professor of humanities in the Department of Integrated Studies at Florida Gulf Coast University. His poems have appeared in The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts, Modern Haiku, Scifaikuest, Star*Line, and other venues.
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