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