yards
out in the cold lake, rippled
with last
nights icing.
i see a stranded duck, leg
entangled
in the weeds and brush,
the trunk
of a fallen tree.
he flaps hard
to free himself,
calls out
in his way.
but no one comes.
not me,
not them.
not anyone.
not everyone or everything
can be saved.
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