By Julie

The constant buzz
A marsh secretes
On a summer afternoon

The water alive
With bugs, water striders,
Overhead flies an old mother loon

The dragonflies
Do not surprise
For their buzz is a part of the tune

A lazy lizard
Rests his pleasure
On a miniature dirt and sand dune

A furry furry
Animal laps up water
With a tongue like a spoon

A muddy minnow
Floats away
Down the muddy, marshy lagoon

All of this
In an ordinary marsh
In a lazy, hot day in June

All of this
All before
The presence of the moon

These lazy days
Will come again
When the mood is set like this, quite soon

All of this
In a lazy marsh
On a hot summer afternoon.