belly side up

The toad

I slipped on

I didn’t kiss

it didn’t turn

into a prince

my foot

bare on the

belly side up

he foamed

his last pains

In the rains

of Nayarit

I ran down

stream to

Abuelita’s

house of bricks

I hit the mud

with my face

and saw it

my hearts fate

flashed before

me too early

to understand

so I loved

him anyway