I don't think the ducks would want it. They'd fast if they had to; but I
think pecking would be last resort
L
On 9 January 2014 20:17, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> Watch out for long necked dogs!! Beyond long neck's reach??
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> Subject: revised poem,ta to all
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> Ducks toil upon a calm ocean,
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> working to stay in place; backing,
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> veering, apparently serene,
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> their paddling feet invisible,
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> as the dog approaches, reaching
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> some tidally-exposed boulders,
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> clambering its loud snorts, panting.
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> Gulls hang on almost till the last,
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> then wheel and screech above her back
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> while noisy fish smash through water.
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> whilst ducks churn it, although taking
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> themselves only a long neck's reach.
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> Richard Kessling / Lawrence Upton
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