What’s the point of
Layers of grey cloud
are leaving the landscape wet
Ducklings in the grass
a literary critic asked me,
saying who cares about ducks
in the grass and why would anyone
read a poem about them
and I emphasized ducklings
which are the babies
and people are always drawn to babies
because they’re cute and in this case
they’re fuzzy and walk in a row
after their mother
and the mother isn’t mentioned in the haiku
if you’ll notice
and the point might be that they’re lost,
maybe orphaned,
that the grey cloud leaving the landscape
was far more vicious than we realize,
casting mother duck away in a storm
and her babies doing an awkward waddle
in search of her and please tell me then
you don’t give a shit.
Andreas Gripp
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