Wood Duck drake, spring
Wildewood Springs, Bradenton, FL
A colorful Wood Duck drake
in a one-foot balance on a weather-worn piece of driftwood
a drought allowing its view and perch,
a cloudless sky with sunrise light at clarity's best moment.
I took its photo.
Ten minutes later, everything changed.
Bird flew.
Morning light brightened.
I turned and looked elsewhere.
Like a rainbow, drake here and then gone.
