Sherku Instructions

It is easy enough to start You are out somewhere Wherever something catches your eye You take a picture Frame it in your mind’s eye Then begin the Linguistic gymnastics You have trained for since birth Take your pen Dip it into the dictionary Find the word Just that shade Just that luster Just that sound So that when they open the book Turn to this page Read these words aloud They step into the frame Feel the breeze on their arm In the shade of the hemlock grove Hear the hissing along the trail And stop To see the snapping turtle