The golden creek bed waves to me.
I scale the asphalt runoff
to find the water teeming with
playful creatures and pebbles.
I sense the opportunity
to build a great pool for them.
I dam up the stream just before
the culvert. The upstream swells.
Now fish are darting in the flood.
Crayfish and salamanders
dance. But I have no thoughts for those
downstream – as I choke them dry.