We are fine grasshoppers

We are a fine pair of grasshoppers, a-clutch the

Craning, like us,

Stalk

Down the south branch

Speargrass takes his last breath

The double-declutch

The go-now

The take-the-child

The draw-your-breath

Now, walk

Goodnight, say he

Cattails

Crawfish

Water Moccasin

Nettles

Piñon

Crabapples

Mesquite thorns

Goodnight, Speargrass