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duck says YOU get out
lady yelling at mallard
get out of the pool
she was going home
why did your noodle splash down
learn to share with duck
raspberries , perfume
two o’ clock and thirty feet
gentleman with oil
hair color for men
how does the dye know that you
are not a woman
sitting on pool steps
chewing chocolate candy
alliterating
vapors from his pipe
bongo bong break all the rules
they do as they please
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cardinal rules
host and hostess of the pool
duck at other end
darling come sit here
dining room table movies
when tables are long
little bird join me
have our detangling party
you can build a nest
please go fly a kite
i’m not the welcome wagon
bumper stickers stalk
war on poverty
do something good with your life
war on poetry
beautiful shades
put these in your crayon box
colors of the sea
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born on bay of pigs
even though she was kosher
vegetarian
oyster searching duck
blintzes with blueberries sign
coming this sunday
duck is upside down
under the water air tail
where deviled crabs hide
downward facing duck
no breathing in the inlet
scuba diver duck
secret agent ducks
waddling down the sidewalk
fed you last hour
bright green grass seed snack
mr. and mrs. mallard
earth day pair coupling
southern accents hide
kentucky bourbon inside
beneath wind currents
bought seven follows
for fifteen hundred dollars
letterman says no
they aren’t real people
perhaps zombie vampires
kaptain kangaroo
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a woman laughing
she sounds just like a duck
highest balcony
please look to your right
pierre floating in six feet
get off of the rope
immemorial
phrase you never stop hearing
pierre loves the rope
one man lies in sun
pierre swimming by himself
earth day everyone
for thirty minutes
in the middle of the pool
owning each april
boss of all bosses
even man with hamburgers
does not disturb duck
secret service ducks
having a very hard time
wind blows bread far right
one in every crowd
although he is by himself
he loves his chlorine
temperature rises
seventy six five p m
seventy three day
duck is deep in thought
maybe writing a haiku
fast moving water
how does duck stay still
when the current is so strong
blue shining ripples
he has crossed the rope
heading straight for the ladder
sipping the chlorine
sitting on the rope
little bit ocd duck
back and forth he goes
he’s swimming around
the octagonal edges
and then duck jumps out
give him nine point nine
his happy tail is wagging
trying to dry off
remember last year
as soon as he was dry, man
walks by , jumps back in
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wrestler with tattoo
when he pulled stick from mouth
was so very happy
preparing to run
instead yellow lollipop
wasn’t cigarette
breath giving duck pond
finest wind you’ll ever meet
never lets you down
bobble head my friend
“hot stuff baby this evenin”
appearing all year
bird landed beside
he didn’t even frighten
they are true friends now
thrash flies away
lizard comes to show us dancing
floor show you can’t miss
ducks live
where tropical winds delight
every fiber of your being
who invented this
greatest architect on earth
between the towers
saltwater fish duck
when bread crumbs fly overhead
ducklings with mothers
tram drives by ducklings
“it’s a small world after all”
like you’re at disney
people think i’m here
for their entertainment
but there’s no cover charge
talk to you constantly
so you cannot write
make you forget haiku
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don’t want to see
tsunami coming eli
“me don’t wanna go home”
mrs. mallard flies
over your head to hear
jolene jolene jolene
why i have no idea
every sound sounds exactly
the same as rest
walk in the ocean
not even for hushpuppy
tolerate country
on no other nights
have ducks come to listen
below the restaurant
tuesday nights superb
if you don’t like “new york new york”
duck has no taste
would you like duck sauce
tomorrow i will bring you some
for your egg roll
thank goodness for leis
hawaiian dancers next door
drowning out jolene
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seven ducklings
underneath their mother
trying to keep warm
what it’s eighty six
are you quite certain
tells his friend she will pluck you
mom flaps her wings
like some kind of vampire duck
stand perfectly still
i back away
but ducklings keep following
running away from tram
a terror on wheels
i run from her too
crawling back under mother
except for seventh
searching for truffles in grass?
thinks he’s a piglet
crow just landed next
making me forget or bringing
bad luck to me
yes he brought bad luck
and i just found a large check
under the doormat
could buy two condos
living expenses six years
until cowboy hat
grabs a chair ten feet
to the right pulls out a smoke
wind is blowing right
thinking it’s alright
cannot quit coughing though
realize man on the left
then a giant bee
lands on the chair by my toes
two minutes later
tiny tweeting flies
three inches from my face
almost hit sunglasses
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catching in midair
solitary golf cart stops
middle of sidewalk
those ducks must know you
not that way with everyone
one of those is mean
talented ducklings
catching four bites in a row
so not an athlete
eight ducks,jumping dogs
bread falling right in their beaks
always miss fifth time
not their fault it’s mine
“give them what they want
and you’ll always have a crowd”
next couple enter
sitting on the bench to watch
bringing a haiku
they ask me
because they are so well trained
if i am here everyday
if i only
had bread everyday but i
only have chinese food
and a bread maker
in the box for two years now
do not tell keen ducks
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( all you have to do
everyone will bring haiku
feeding friendly ducks )
( she came in slippers
saying oh well i’m here now
told her ducks don’t mind )
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walk slowly seeing
on the way to paradise
squirrel tells you his tale
he can’t distinguish
between the two tails he has
but that’s quite alright
ducks enjoy cheez its
one applauds flapping her wings
who has a camera
then low tide appears
most beautiful sight in world
cabanas sukkahs
colorful umbrellas
cat on a raft ocean creek
no, a woman
dark black ponytail
back, standing up to her neck
pussycat profile
you silly one
a shark could just swim by you
they say that they wouldn’t
she’s all alone
crabs crawling under her toes
maryland and deviled
why am i watching
missing the beautiful sun
colors of the sea
as if the beach
isn’t beautiful enough
oleander pampass
someone plants flowers
how much can one’s eyes take in
resort of beauty
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secret service ducks
surrounding me on all sides
laughing yet afraid
would like soft sunbeam
southern ducks call this white bread
couldn’t be closer
claustrophobia
mallard tickles your ankles
please throw us the dough
half a loaf of bread
my twenty secret service
still following me
beginning in pond
underhanded pitching fowl
not good at baseball
realize and surround
when everything is gone
they will not leave my sides
a circle of trust
like the fockers but literal
obama men
you guys take your job
so seriously you should
work for president
palms show ducks no more
they will not leave my back
following two inches
fly back in the pond
follow me single file
from top of the water
perhaps a cooter
they think a lone turtle
or his gang stage hold up
come to think by sea
promised an answer sunday
buy tennis villa
“where will i go
what will become of me”
need scarlett o’hara
having entire
pool and large ocean to myself
so i shall think
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