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Five ducklings feeding

The back of the camper bus
proudly sported the family 
seven yellow stickers ducks 
five little ducklings in a line
feeding on life presented to
the world growth sustenance
nourishment and meaning

For every fellow traveller
to ponder smile anticipate
what little team was to alight 
at temporary destinations
sheltered tented playgrounds
swings and roundabouts
cul-de-sacs and traffic lights

To get all ducks into a row
once they emerged enriched
our little feeding station
food bank vital well and
fields of plenty needed
diverse and un-divided
attention chaos letting go

Meal times at times with rubber
ducks in bathtubs burping
passing winds of change
incorporating kilojoules 
compassion love and swirling
compromise uncertain certainty
floated in the ocean of life
yet to be swum and dived in
with the buoyancy of living

Little duckling was still small
and sat beside as older
sister eager helper supervisor
when our triplet power three
in one as courtesy of nature
and individual little mouths
to feed lay on their backs
on sleeping bags as wonderment
in waiting for the spoon with
apple mush and cinnamon
to take its turn to reach their gums
To complete the pentagon
of childish folly serious fun 
and exploration another little duckling
observed from inside womb in
its fertile spring to yet conjoin the river
contemplated when and where
to splash out into beauty question marks
and tribulations sparkling brotherhood
and food for life and pleasure
whirlpools cascades and little ripples 

The spoon went one to one
and to another next to here and
there forward backward and beyond
my wildest expectations of what food
and feeding holding precious gifts
in hand released from nature
into nature ingesting measured
unimaginable and definite provision
nurtures nourishes what was what is

The birds have flown the nest
they feed and feed me just the same
and it is not just those trivial stickers 
sign posts on the buzling bus 
and more than ever and for
every one who wants to see the 
picture depiction metaphor
the unsurpassed experience 
which reminds me of simplicity of
gratitude and feeling warm inside

24th May 2016
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