Only the Doodlebugs
Hello, there, little chameleon friend;
Did you come to keep me company?
Scurrying along the redwood rail,
Have you read this book or
Are you just to look
For your buddies of long ago?
You are so green, and easily seen,
Camouflage is not your intent;
You got out of breath, and yet
Your hot pink throat stretches and jets
And satisfies.
You look at me but hope to see
The ladybugs that once dwelt in the daisies.
Where have they gone, along
With the horny toads that shared your faucet.
Will the doodle bugs soon disappear
From under their rocks?
It seems to me, you see, you have a tear in your eye;
And I know we've both outgrown
The life we have known and cried
Too many goodbyes.
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