Rooster on the Beach

strutting like a populist

cocksure, cock of the walk,

ruler of the roost

ready to crow

dawn, or no dawn.

Hacienda Merida (Ometepe)

It’s 5 AM and still dark as the lake
when the rooster starts his clownish complaint

damn pre-emptive cock.

He is quickly joined by the village dogs,
the gecko on the wall behind the bed
birds and more birds

and finally Fiona the donkey
whose hoarse and outraged heehaw
signals she is not ready for another day

tethered to a pole in fickle shade.

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