Ducks in a Row
You can try to line Daisy, Waddle and Pebble up,
But Daisy might want to stand in Pebble’s place, while Waddle
wanders off to the pond instead.
Baby Millie might get carried off by a raccoon, while Fluffy
contracts a bacterial infection that he passes on to Daisy —
And then recover to live on to the ripe old age of fifteen.
You might successfully teach Puddles to run a marathon,
While Waddle learns to swim, find food, breed
and fly —
without your interference.