Pollen
grains float on the air;
green and yellow clouds
obscure and coat the landscape and
water
in a haze of vague imagery
that unsettles the eyes’ mastery
of light and shadows.
They blockade
the pond’s surface
with strands of froth and sludge
that
slowly move to the water’s edge
on
wind drafts and water ripples.
Until there
is a thick outline
around a description of the surrounding
trees
and
a deep sky above.
Until the
pollen grains become embedded
in the muddy sediment
where water meets field,
and millennia from
now
core samples of
earth
will hold fossilized grains,
like
dinosaur bones,
to let others know
What ancient flora
lived here in my time.
cmheuer©05/2024
