it is a snail
that hesitates on a hedge
under eucalyptus

it is a fist
it is a wooden propeller

it is an accurate nose
like an adding machine
powered by perfect electricity
yet it has no cord
it does not run on batteries

it is an observatory
for observing moons and planets
I watch it
revolve

it is a birchbark canoe
Abenakis paddle*

it is the egg
of a demonstrable bird
do not sit on this nose
it might hatch



      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abenaki