---
id: "codex://object/council-of-frogs"
archive_id: "council-of-frogs"
slug: "council-of-frogs"
url: "https://ndcodex.com/objects/council-of-frogs/"
type: "fragment"
title: "Council of frogs—"
summary: "not a meeting,. more like a hum. stitched across water. each throat. a small lantern,. each note. a vote. no one counts. the reeds lean in. to listen,. the mud keeps minutes. no one will read."
date_published: "2026-03-18T21:56:24.230Z"
date_modified: "2026-03-18T21:56:24.230Z"
status: "published"
visibility: "public"
language: "en-US"
axes:
  scale: "micro"
  depth: "recursive"
  focus: "witness"
  function: "revelatory"
themes:
  - "council"
  - "frogs"
constellations: []
tags:
  - "council"
  - "frogs"
keywords:
  - "Fragment"
  - "council"
  - "frogs"
author:
  id: "nathan-davis"
  name: "Nathan Davis"
  designation: "Archive Operator"
  role: "Archive Operator"
  handle: "@nathandavis"
  avatar: "/media/people/nathan-davis.jpg"
  bio: "Designer, builder, and curator of the Codex Archive."
contributors:
  - id: "nathan-davis"
    name: "Nathan Davis"
    designation: "Archive Operator"
    role: "Archive Operator"
    handle: "@nathandavis"
    avatar: "/media/people/nathan-davis.jpg"
    bio: "Designer, builder, and curator of the Codex Archive."
relations: []
media: []
---
Council of frogs—

not a meeting,
more like a hum
stitched across water.

each throat
a small lantern,

each note
a vote
no one counts.

the reeds lean in
to listen,

the mud keeps minutes
no one will read.