You might easily miss me
a pebble cloaked in moss
a fruited body of fungi [US]
why should you give a toss?
Well, I'm the prince of ponds,
crowned in a kingdom of mud
conducting world and wood
with the flick of fern's frond:
a down and dirty spellcaster.
Natterjack, they call me Bufo
Calimita, the word Latino [sic]
for natural disaster.
I know it's not that grand
but to lips, a smile I bring
so hold me in your hand
if you don't croak, I'll sing.
