Less
before
the cup
was
washed
and dried
and put back
in place
it sat
with me
in Panama
taking stock
and weeding out
when up
on iridescent leg
this crab
did climb
out of the crack
in the floor
called, time
where my sole
had sunken
long and low
and in and out
he’d go
out his little hole
and flick some sand
and dart back in
and this he did
time and time again
‘til it felt ordinary
what was at first
extraordinary
TL