Clouds on the Lake

Clouds reflect in the water
Smooth, smooth surface
A mirror
Showing the sky where to blush
Where to dab
With powder-puff clouds

Clouds

Clouds on the lake

Clouds in the lake

My mind wanders,
sees strange birds swimming
in the blue
lake
sky
sky-lake

I wonder if the fish ever look upward
and find themselves confused
wondering why they can't swim
in the lake above them

Everything scatters
shattered
when the alligator
answers
philosophical questions
with his prosaic teeth.