Smart

Bruce Bennett (b. 1940)

like the fox
who grabs a stick
and wades
into the water

deep
and deeper
till only his muzzle's
above it
his fleas

leap
up and up
onto his head
out onto the stick

which he lets go

off it floats
as he swims back
and shakes himself dry

2008: A Boy in a Snow Shower by George Mackay Brown