<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=530735" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Swans</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Two swans sit alone on a lake<br>Looking so peaceful, <br>Poised on the tranquil waters.<br>The air around them is calm, <br>A gentle breeze wafting, <br>Gliding through their white feathers.<br>They are caressed by the pine scents<br>And the delicate balance<br>Of their surroundings.<br>The sky above is blue, <br>Almost cloudless and clear, <br>But a few pillows float overhead.<br>The trees stand tall beside the lake, <br>Watching the swans<br>Swim on the surface.<br>They swim majestically, <br>Beautifully, <br>In the recreational park.<br>Under their webbed feet, <br>Abandoned garbage sifts—<br>The collected lost trinkets of lazy people.<br>Twenty feet from the lake, <br>There is a parking lot<br>Filled with automobiles<br>With rust crusting on the hood<br>And near the synthetic rubber tires.<br>The people that own the cars<br>Are feeding the geese bleached white Wonder bread.<br>They leave their Coke bottles<br>And Doritos bags on the ground, <br>Ready to be carried away by the wind.<br>The swans watch the people.<br>Later, one of them<br>Will stick its neck<br>Into the plastic hole<br>Of a Coke bottle container<br>And choke<br>And choke<br>And choke<br>And choke.<br>It will die.<br>The other swan will watch, <br>Helpless and screaming, <br>Unable to do anything.<br>Some people will watch, <br>In awe, <br>Some excited.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Tim+Stensloff">Tim Stensloff</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=530735" data-title="Swans de Tim Stensloff" data-description="Two swans sit alone on a lake Looking so peaceful, Poised on the tranquil waters. The air around them is calm, A gentle breeze wafting, Gliding through their white feathers. They are caressed by the pine scents And the delicate balance Of their..."></div> </div> </div>

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