the water
has a lazy air today
it sweeps in
soothes
the waiting mud
where stalks a heron
and a pod of ducks
ride easy
on its oil-smooth back
carries
the thought
that time and tide
are one
and so to ride it
lazy
as a well-fed duck
Even when Death inhabits a poem, he does not own it. He is a squatter. In fact, Death owns nothing. – Todd Moore
has a lazy air today
it sweeps in
soothes
the waiting mud
where stalks a heron
and a pod of ducks
ride easy
on its oil-smooth back
carries
the thought
that time and tide
are one
and so to ride it
lazy
as a well-fed duck