Swirling bats and dusk
clicking echolocation
above the blue pool
in the verdant east Texas pine trees

Mars and Saturn
rise above the treeline
as a fast moving satellite
streaks by from south to north

Cicada calls surround
as the frogs join in
raucous cacophony
of insects and reptiles

I sit on the deck
sipping margarita on the rocks
and watch and listen
to natures show, as I drip dry