The engineer today
stopped for ducklings.
Abruptly.
He waited very patiently
For them to clear our path.

Ducklings changed the course
–two hundred people–
waiting
suffering
worrying
The engineer’s future is
the sun on his plate.
He never expected waking
to such a consequence.
Two hundred people watching
one woman–
waiting
suffering
worrying.
One man–
reacting
instinct.
Crestfallen.