aged very little, I used to call them 'quackers' in the park. I'm very
impressed that australian ducks have taken to talking about nuclear physics
- 'quark' - or is it Finnegans Wake they're debating?
On 16 May 2012 01:38, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Ruffey and Pukekura
>
> Quark wark wark wark wark -
> so speak the lake ducks
> on my morning walk.
>
> Well met! They take
> me way way back:
> mother and son walk
>
> in that Taranaki park;
> its swans non-speaking
> and ducks much-quacking,
>
> the first I heard speak
> and bring me awake
> to the life aquatic
>
> and life on wings:
> ducks skittered
> then flew erratic
>
> to their farther haven,
> returning for crumbs
> scattered by children.
>
> Notice the pecking
> order, the bold
> and the timid,
>
> the webbed feet at work,
> dipping beaks that take
> in crumbs as they sink
>
> in translucent water.
> Today's humans
> are mother and daughter
>
> sharing laughter
> and an old man weighing
> there then and here after.
>
>
> Max Richards
>
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