Pushing
Prodding
Probing
Curving
Carving out their impermanent beauty
Into the humoring atmosphere
Wending, winding
Sliding satiny surfaces onto unsuspecting partners
Nudging, coaxing, squeaking into place
Settling into silky poses
Holding cheek to cheek, as they dance
Into the enlarging space
Opening
Exposing
Kaleidoscopic
Shiny petals which drop
One by one
Form tiny boats—still upon the reflective surface
A flotilla waiting
For their dried, closed up sisters to finally release
Their thirsty tongues