Morning Coffee

The vast expanse of

Water is like glass

Pelicans, Gulls and delicate Ibis

Sun themselves on a sandbar

Exposed by the low tide

Their chatter fills the still air

Reverberating around the lake

They appear to be

Catching up with friends

Heads nodding, occasionally

Flapping their wings

As if to make a point

They lazily eye

The water looking

For breakfast as

An endless moving smorgasbord

Of fish and other water delicacies

Swim by

As if sipping coffee

Heads plunge into the

Water, coming up

Again to continue

Chatting with friends

On the sand bar

Morning coffee at the lake

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