Mustard Geese
Hour after hour
all you can see is their snaky heads
hiding among the flowers
green and yellow no reds.
These local fowl trust
we don’t see them just
standing so still.
One serious sentinel
with head above the rest
puts this to the test,
we see through the ruse
and name him
Colonel Mustard Goose.
Two blocks from my house is a plot of land used for agricultural research. It has become a home to variety of wild life: Canadian geese, wild turkeys, occasional, deer, skunks, and raccoons to the amusement of all the neighbors. Having grown up in the country I feel right at home, too.
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