Friday, March 4, 2011

a child on a man's shoulders

they faced away from us towards the river,
each ripple shimmering in reflected light.
we knew their eyes were bright watching the
ducks dancing nearby, her arms reaching out
to touch them from high up on his shoulders
until he lifts her from his shoulders and then
holds her close by the water, her small arms
still reaching to the ducks, calling them,
the light shimmering on the water, the ducks
and the man and the girl all one in the night
as we watched from above.

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