The Goslings

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Monday  April 20, 1992

                        T H E   O R D E R


                             a goose
                        sat upon her egg 
                           near a bank
                        her mate was dead
                  she incubated her egg alone.
                         scarcely eating
                 the little gallinaceous gosling
                   hatched while she was away
                    so weak looking for food
                     steadfastly, the baby 
                    followed the first thing
                    it saw as its eyes opened
                           near a bank
                a crocodile patrolling the earth 
                                
                                
                             a goose
                        sat upon her eggs
                           near a bank
                        her mate was dead
                   she watched her eggs alone.
                         scarcely eating
                the little gallinaceous goslings
                   hatched while she was away
                    so weak looking for food
                     the babies steadfastly
                    followed the first thing
                  they saw as their eyes opened
                           near a bank
                a crocodile patrolling the earth


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