Upon Revisiting White Pelican Photographs: 2009 and 2011

In December, 2009, American white pelicans came to feed, and
To grace the city’s water--
Landing in large flocks,
Ancient Romans or Greeks,
Occupying a known province. 

But now, in 2011, the flocks do not come.
In their stead is one lone missionary, and
On certain arbitrary days,
A second missionary--
Whose mission could be the source
Of a great but tedious story
Of how a white pelican flock
Recruited first one, and then two
Reluctant missionaries, and
Sent them out to seek the fish of salvation. 

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December, 2011