Walden Pond

"it is earth’s eye; looking into which the beholder

 measures the depth of his own nature."

                                              --Henry David Thoreau

Shhhh!

don't say a word

you'll startle the birds on the trees

and the fish in the pond

worst of all

you'll draw the attention of the noisy tourists

they will pour over by busloads

to look into your eye

that is now full of human waste

and mearure the shallow depth

of their own nature