Hey, Sleepwalker

 

Those poliwogs that somehow materialize in the vernal pools at the bottom of the spillway seem to sense they are out of time. This evening i noticed they have congregated in their dramatically shrunken home. I have watched the pool shrink day by day over the past four, to the mere puddle it was this evening. By tomorrow evening the puddle will be nothing but mud and, unless someone scoops them up and deposits them elsewhere, there will be no metamorphosis for the class of 2026.

Sunday's poliwog pool - room to spare

skull

even this rivulet crossing the road had poliwogs in it

Wednesday's poliwog pool - almost gone. will Thursday be poliwogone?

This is for all those who still don't see: 

"... Hey, sleepwalker, don't you miss the way...

Everyone is afraid of something

Even the strongest man alive

Hey, sleepwalker, we went walking in the western hills

And we picked you wildflowers

You gotta open your eyes..."

(Flowers, Rado)