The other day I met
a shorthaired man At the park
Sunday I caught a thirty-five pound German carp
He said casting his
8 lb test from a pencil thin graphite rod
I gazed mystified into the Alga bloom
Looking for shadows
As Sandra chased a mother swan away
who was intent on murdering
An injured goose
Death by drowning and pecking
Cornered against the
concrete retaining wall
Gleaned from the gaggle
Another floated dead
on the opposite side of the pond
Buoyant, ruffled
Rippling an oddly peaceful shadow
Peter Ciccariello
Providence, RI, USA
July 6, 2005
POETRY - http://poemsfromprovidence.blogspot.com/
ARTIST'S BLOG - http://invisiblenotes.blogspot.com/
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