standing straight at pond's edge, cattails— brown corn dogs on ***** blonde stalks several with cream colored bursting guts hang below sky waiting on sail there, a red-wing black bird clings as Cirque du Soleil actor's acrobatic feat trilling its own musical accompaniment
other cattails tilt triangle shapes reflected side, angle, side complexion over water's bottomless mirror colored autumn, by shore's tree leaves, mallard ducks, and brooding clouds while black headed chickadees splash out ripples of Impressionist pigments weave