In Secret

[wasellajam]

Thanks for a fun read. First thoughts:

[This is to be considered a single poem.]

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In secret

In secret
A frog decides
Not to jump
Started with a smile.

Eight Frogs

"I went last summer. 
You couldn't hear the plashing 
For all the croaking."

A near pond too old, 
A far pond too cold. 
The third, they speak French.
Goldilocks.

Summer full of flies 
Frogs are all gorging themselves  Frogs gorging themselves?
Their bellies dragging

In secret 
The toad hoped 
Someone would ask
Love

Next year, same old pond. 
Plash. Rebellious youths jump in —  Young rebels?
They invented it.
Love this.

Old pond, wet and cool 
All my friends are there 
Why do I hold back?
Big old meh, didn't hit like the rest.

The frog loves to boast 
That it never never jumps. 
Well, hardly ever.

An old pond 
An old frog 
Companionable silence
Smile because I relate.

Epilogue

Sur une perle de rosée 
Grenouille microscopique 
Ne songe pas à sauter.
Gorgeous.
The translation I got is

On a dewdrop
a microscopic frog
doesn't even think about jumping.