Observations From a Lake Shore
Trumpeter swan
Storied beauty of the Arctic sky
To land on ice skittering like a drunken pigeon.
River otters porpoise-like
In the water
Agile
Nimble swimmers
Drag their bellies in the snow
An embarrassment of tracks.
Moose cows high-step through
The overflow to reach my willow pasture
And sleep in my yard
Leaving nuggets for tips
From their bonanza motherlode.
Magpies build nests above
The dog lot
Alder sticks cluttered in a spruce
Close to the dog dish.
—uncompensated
Must spend the winter
Shamelessly
Scrounging snowbanks
For salmon carcasses
Humans,
an invasive species,
Hope for snow all winter.
Come spring
they resent it like a house guest
who stays too long.
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