AS YOU STARE INTO THE VACUUM OF HIS EYES

some stones
having a chat
"Shhhh....here's a human!"

the human stares
the stones remain
sthum

the human reaches for
one of them...then:
skims it across the lake

"Whoa....wheee...hee hee!"
screams the stone
but no one hears

the human has been &
gone
the stones stunned into silence

"I wish he'd chosen me!"
the fat stone says
"I always wanted to travel!"

bottom of the lake
a stone chats to fishes
misses the stones he knew