Fluffy yellow ducklings follow

Their mother in a straight line

Across a busy highway

And I fear that something

Terrible will befall them

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The traffic zooms by

Going at full speed

The drivers are unable 

To do anything 

About these poor duckling’s plight

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I wonder why this duck

Is taking such a risk

With her ducklings

And doesn’t know better

For it’s dangerous

To cross such a highway

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The duck

Was focused on

Leading her young

To a pond just across

The freeway

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Sadly

Only three of the six ducklings

Will make it across

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Image via Wikipedia

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The duck was frantic

While looking back sadly

As her ducklings laid squashed

On the black asphalt

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The duck quacked hysterically

But that was all

She could do

As their steps quickened

To get the others out

Of the line of the oncoming traffic

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It was a great loss

To this duck

That started viewing 

All traffic as predators

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