Duck Blind

from my Florida lake house series

Duck Blind	

		                        Bright
                             Salamanders,
Water celery, tadpoles, barley
                      He seeks as prey.
                                He swallows the snail entire,		    escargot!	
                                              Unless blinded you will never see
                                              Whence swoopèd to quiet alight he.
                                              But hearing wingbeat’s spray
                                                            You will turn, gripping
                                                            Brown Bess, birdshot:
                                                                           Quack!	
                                                                           Quack!