Does the witch float?

Stone duck

cold and smooth, rounded

iridescent ballast or buoyant?

Does the witch float?

Moving but unmoving

floating but weighty:

the paradox of the stone duck.

Crossing three natures:

water, air, land

with the diplomacy and

timelessness of stone.

Stone duck

inviting yet immovable

what a joyful puzzle.

Hinting at levity

but swimming

with malachite mirrors.

A joke or a reflection?