This pond is small,
selective.
Ten billion raindrops
in the river,
lake and sea
fought thirsty dirt,
terrain and gravity
to join us here
with this small knot
of paratactic toads,
but only the top
million or so
have arrived.



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hmmm...ONLY the top million?  funny  I suppose this is sarcasm.  Love the title.

I ask in all humility, Tom, and with an acute consciousness that I may get a slap round the ear 'ole, but does Hoi Polloi mean what you think it means?

Because, if it does, I don't get it.

Cheers

David

Our little hoi pond here at PC has relatively few paratactic toads, though the quarters can get quiet close sometimes.

Much enjoyed.

Thanks, Cheryl. Yes, a fun term. David, no slap! I did originally think about titling the poem "Elite" but then  thought "Hoi Polloi" even more apt and ironic. It sounds like I may have missed there, but yes, I am referring to the commonfolk. Tom

CROAK!............................................WWWRRRR!
...................RIBBIT!

No miss! I love the connection between a teaming Koi pond and the hoi pond of the human masses!

OK, I think I get it!

Oh! the very spawn of humanity is here. Love it, Tom.

milner

Thanks for the look, Milner. Welcome back, glad to see you survived birthday. Tom

How dreary--to be--Somebody!
How public--like a Frog--
To tell one's name--the live-long June--
To an admiring Bog!

Emily Dickinson

Ah, thank you, Rick! Needed that. Tom