what the flea knows

warm winds  came early this year
worming their way through oklahoma

there were vibrations in the stalks, from
hidden earthquake or uprooted trees,
 the very dust jittery and uncertain.

.he jumps into the air, a parachute aloft reversed
the swirling dust all around.  he finds a hold,
.clings with   weary  legs, tightly folds his wings

  bites down hard, tastes blood as he's lifted
 into the knowledge of water's gravity..