Monday, September 15, 2014

The Zen of Ducks

Plump, steady, funny clowns
Ripple through their circles
Shifting weight like canoes
with a tipsy Captain


South to crane a tired neck
North to hunt for brighter fish
East, then west on pine needles
A hammock for an hour.



I look to them
when I feel gone
At ducks?
When I feel gone?

They remind me how to be here.




One gray, two black, 
two white, I count
Their feathers curl against the wind
They are made of layers, too

So very much like talking




Is that your smile, Astro Duck?
Is this where you sleep at night?

I'm not here to hurt you.




They trust this moment,
Not the last
Give no credence to
a past

Inside his circle
Wonder filled

I really hope he's smiling.

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