#42 Kevin Brophy ‘Sand Frog (Notaden nichollsi)’

Imagine a frog

small enough

to fit two or three

on your palm,

sleepy-eyed, warty,

plump as anything

and now imagine

digging out that frog

(kronk-kronk-kronk!)

from its hole in the sand

and cooking it in the ashes

of your fire

and then eating it—

and your cold going away

your headache too

and your skin now looking

healthy again

and your eyes so alive.