Graduation

There was a day each year

when baby ducks were led

from the nest behind the school

through crowds of teachers, students, praise

 

Waddling over smooth, linoleum floors

through the lobby where the crowd

beheld the sacred, duckling footsteps to the door

 

They would leave the nest

smooth, round tables

long days of numbers and words

for dreams of water songs and wings

made real

 

 

© Angela Bigler 2013

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2 thoughts on “Graduation

  1. Thank you, this is a true story from my daughter’s school. A momma duck raises her ducklings there each year and they actually bring them through the school like this, 🙂

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