Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Rubric

On a messy man-
made pond—rumpled 
eager ducklings 

learning
to swim make furious
little wakes

—distracted by stray 
bluedragon-
flies and careening 

by the 
chaos gushing 
madly from the source's center—

while 
sleek nearby 
their mild mother 

glides trackless
—and efficient 

through the brownsilver water.