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Sep 2, 2024 at 3:18pm
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Re: Tools of the trade: Words


A Toad in His Abode


He perched upon a smooth, gray stone,
seeming to contemplate his next move.
I bent low to get a closer look at his
bumpy, mottled skin. Not much of a looker
unless you are another common cane toad.

Wide, frowning mouth was motionless,
and vacant black and gold, bulging
eyes scanned for small, fluttery and
creeping bugs. That warty appearance
didn’t bespeak his apex hunter standing
in the miniature terrestrial world.




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Poet’s Place Café prompt: Break out your palette and paint us a picture that sings. (Tools of the Trade – Words)

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Tools of the trade: Words · 09-02-24 1:28pm
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