The geese seemed flat
against the morning light
as if to be black cut-outs
in the rising sun and the
reflecting ripples
of the open water.
They preened and fluffed.
When ready,
slid onto the water and
swam silently away on a
sequined sea.
Lonnie Buerge is a retired financial executive from Kansas City MO who has found a new life in writing and reading poetry. He is also on the Board of the Soldner Center.