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10:15 a.m.

today:

ducklings in the parking lot

a mother and her followers

crossing the asphalt

and the white Chevy van

stops

and all the shoppers

stop

and all the work

stops

all of our plans for the day

suspended

all of our differences

forgotten

every one looking

every one watching out

          guarding

a mother and her ducklings

I was there; I saw it

this isn’t a children’s story

it’s better – it is true

Next time one people

fights another

anywhere in the world

let’s forget planes

forget the army

let’s not dispatch any ships

          let us send in ducklings

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