If I close my eyes for an hour
and listen to the water
lapping against the stern of our boat,
am I wasting time?
Or if I straddle my legs
on a lime-colored noodle
and float until fingers
wrinkle like prunes,
am I a slacker?
And if I do nothing
but watch the hummingbirds
chatter and chase and charge
each other while feeding
from dawn to dusk,
do I care?
What if all I want to do
is wander the earth
photographing wildflowers,
frogs, turtles, snakes,
coyotes, foxes,
swans, herons, pelicans,
crabs, sanderlings, osprey,
oh, and the clouds,
especially the clouds,
am I still okay?
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