pizza ducks...

am at the barn...a little piece of country...

in the midst of the city...huge pastures surrounded by urban sprawl...

it's late one night...animals are sleeping...

horses dozing...in the pasture...in the moonlight...

dogs in their houses...ducks under the horse trailer...

big muscovey ducks...black and white...quackless...

i decide to get pizza delivered...call in order...get off phone...

notice the muscoveys wander up out from under the trailer...

they were sleeping a minute ago...out of sight...

now they stand at my feet...they look up expectantly...

when i eat pizza...i feed them the crust...warm...soft crust...

road is busy tonight...cars drive by...suddenly...the ducks head for the driveway...

car drives up...pizza guy...pizza guy...

they walk with me down the driveway to meet him...

i pay...carry warm pizza box...cold soda..

head for lawn chairs by my trailer...

ducks follow...walking faster now...following the great smell...

i sit there...share pizza with them...and i wonder...how come they woke up?...

the educational channel scientist says animals have a sixth sense...

dogs know when their owners are coming...

animals act up before earthquakes...or fuss before an owner's seizure...

all i know...is the ducks appeared...when i called in the order...

i make calls often...ordinarily they sleep right thru them...

cars go by often...usually it doesn't phase them...

they headed for the driveway...before the pizza car appeared...

they do it every pizza...it's a different car every delivery...