A WALK ALONG THE FOX

This morning took me,

after breakfasting with Mark D at Dave's

on the Five Points

down to the banks of the mighty Fox

where I surveyed the scene;

the water presently rushes through

the lovely-landscaped disclosure.

A mother duck had some ducklings

in her custody

and intermittently lept from shoreline rocks,

maintaining her place in the swiftly flowing stream

by timing the water with her webbed feet.

The ducklings tried it and they bobbed their heads

under the water like their mother.

Then they all scrambled out for a sunny rest......