Best Get Your Ducks In A Row Poems

Ducks in a row.
Tails lower than currents of pebbles 
on glass shards of reflecting power 
Here and now fading 
with ripples and lily pad vibrations.
Geese squawking 
wretched wretches of who and what.
Sounds only nature could imagine and love.
Somewhere below scales out of tune
Play sunlight serenades...

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the first move made was the worst move
played---making like the sky had parted &
somebody was watching over, somebody
was lighting a candle for the struggle, as if
it was over by a long shot---for getting things
back in order was the name of the game &
keeping a steady...

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M-ake all things in order, 
A-lmighty gives the command; 
L-et not dissension rule 
O-r get the 
U-pper hand. 

G-et your ducks in a row, 
R-earrange for the better; 
E-vade the zone of schism, 
G-o on as true peacemaker. 
O-n the twenty-eighth of July, 
R-ise and...

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Today seems like it's gonna be a good one
Ducks in a row, shining down is the warm sun
What could go wrong
Gonna sing a sweet song
Bout happiness and stuff, do you think I'm stunned?...

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Halleluya got all my ducks in a row
As I struggle through life on my tippy-toes
Without a fuss
In the future I trust
Just a young dreamer with a runny nose...

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we paraded behind him

he in a fawn casual jacket
military badge right breast pocket
over a maroon v neck cardigan
even in summer 
dark blue trousers
sharp crease
hands behind back
hair neatly slicked down -
  stiffly upright

me next aged 7
gray flannel shorts
gray slipover
clunky brown lace up shoes
newly scrubbed
 ...

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