GOTCHA
- Clouds pretend to be mountains until
- they move, revealing their massive joke.
- Petals fall from the cherry unblemished and
- play in the wind, as if they were detritus.
- Lizard says he's rock, chortling as
- we pass, missing him completely.
- Water laps benignly then reforms as
- tsunami, biting off the beach and
- all the pretty houses.
- Mountain stands serene in snow
- and silent, curving symmetry,
- enhancing views and property values,
- until she tires of the charade and
- claims her true volcano self.