# Sitting by the pond

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**Published on:** 2020-05-06
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Here is something I wrote sitting by the pond last weekend. It is not based on a true story. It is one.I hear the screams of children Playing in backyards In the distance to my left In the distance to my right I see a groundhog cross the lawn He settles by a tree Two ducks fly out from woods behind me I heard their quacks and watched them go A familiar hawk attacks in air This bird I’ve seen before The hawk returns, the ducks fly onward It all stays undisturbed Two finches on branches chase the blue jay away Frogs croak from out of sight Tadpoles weave through leaves on the water Slowly becoming frogs My brother wheels a barrow down It leans to dump some rocks A neighbor’s music disturbs the peace But only if it steals my thoughts

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