THE CRICKET: A BEING WITH A PLAN

IN THE WARM SHOWER THE CRICKET STOOD

DAMPENED AND HOPPING MORE SLOWLY

WHILE I DECIDED WHETHER IT LIVED OR DIED

NOT GIVING IN TO THE IMPULSE TO SNUFF IT WITH A TISSUE

OR SMACK IT FLAT WITH A HEAVY HAND

IT WAS THEN AS I CONTEMPLATED IT'S FATE THAT I REALIZED

IT WAS A BEING WITH A PLAN

AS IT SLIPPED THROUGH A STRATEGIC SMALL OPENING

AT THE BOTTOM OF THE GLASS DOOR

Harvest at Basha's Supermarket