WOOD DUCK POND (at Branched Oak Lake) by Tom Gannon c. 2011 ============================================= he came upon this perfectly quiet little way-back cove with lots of living trees standing right smack in the water, to make it even more secluded, reclusive-- indeed, if there were a Platonic Realm, he said to himself, an ideal Place for all Wood Ducks, this would be it, the habitat of all Wood Duck habitats, the Form of the Wood Duck God & Good but there were no goddamned wood ducks there; and so he drove away, pissed off, and thinking about supper ======== ========