sit on the bridge
dangle it in the water
making a vee
as the water insists
on rushing on by.
Biplane dragonflies seem
like sinister machines
assessing you
with cold prism eyes,
then veering away
because you can not be killed.
Warm sun
bits of snake skin on the ground
lying on your stomach
on the bridge
dangling a cattail
in the water
making a vee
that no one will see.