Once upon a time
The world was as green as a lime
And, there was this Duck, quack quack
Who never ever looked back
Always zooming passed
This Duck was never last
Faster and faster with each new day
In a freight train kind of way
Until…Duck’s flying feathers fell out
All round about-bout
Dear Duck, was quite bereft
As one by one they up and left
The feathers would grow back
But at the time, Duck didn’t know that
Swimming so slow
He was a flightless bundle of woe
Nothing to do
The whole wide world felt a jazzy shade of gray slate blue
Duck was awfully forlorn
Until there came a sunny morn
And He opened his eyes
To find a feathered surprise
Another Duck
Had wandered up
Like sweet ice cream in a root beer float
On wings without a boat
Happy as can be
With all that She did everywhere see
Duck wondered…how
He paddled right over now
Before Duck could get to his task
Get real busy and ask
She gave him a smile
Wider than a wide Texas mile
Here was a Friend to show Duck
That He was far far more than even enough
The race was different then
No more zooming passed, no more blur of when
Everything was better
Like a whole alphabet, letter by letter
With feathers or with none
He was now a Duck who was more than a one
Two, without a boat or an end
Duck and his very dear Friend
Sometimes they swam quickly and sometimes they flew slow
But they were always fast Friends and that was more than enough…don’t you know
Wave goodbye now
… it’s time to fly now
.. time for the Duck Friends to go …
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ellie894 April 2, 2021
Suzanne ❤️
