Be A Good Person

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This old gal…

Saw something horrible…wishes she hadn’t seen it…wishes…she could unsee it…this Alice Kravitz husband of mine…loves to stand on the deck…and look at the river with his binoculars…regaling his lovely wife with stories about all the critter happenings going on…

Been enthralled the last few days with a cute little duck family…chuckles as Mom and Dad swim in the river with their three little ducklings in tow…pointed them out…sunning themselves on the bank near two large turtles…

He’d just come in from his daily morning duck check…when hysterical quacking ensued…one minute later…this old gal is being called…to come see…you won’t believe this…and he’s right…no one…would have believed this…a man…with a big dog on a leash…a grown a** man…a grandpa looking man…is standing on the bank…pelting the sweet little duck family…with giant rocks…

He throws…and hits…and throws some more…he struts back to the giant rock pile and grabs more…and continues the barrage…the frantic parent ducks squawking in fear…flapping…flailing…circling their little babes…before shocked us could respond…the dog leash was tugged…and the man…went back…to the condo…

Mom and Dad climb on the bank…one duckling struggles up beside them…two…are nowhere to be seen…later…Mom and Dad would be alone…childless…number 3 also now gone…Mom…sits by the water…quacking…and quacking…and quacking…

There are no words…simply none…but we can all draw parallels in our heads…if one can rage at ducks…then what’s to stop the rage…at a child…a cashier…a waitress…a teacher…a grandparent…at you…

Stop the hatred…the rage…the ugly…
Show love…compassion…mercy…be a good person…
For duck’s sake…Be…a…good…person…

And that’s all I have to say about that…
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And this husband of mine…agrees…