Monday, July 16, 2018

The Dam

Downstream a mile
the tiny creek united
head-on with another
just a little bigger.

Together these two
at a fork joined forces;
it was right here
the boys started working.

They gathered all the rocks
and dirt they could find;
and while they were digging
yellow jackets came buzzing.

To home they darted,
legs hardly moving;
to the dam they returned
with kerosene for the critters..

Their project continued,
near sundown completed;
by the next morning
the water stood deeply.

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