At leisurely pace, they drift along…

Two of them side by each.

Elongated white curved necks

Hard to distinguish

Which was which.

Like ships of state. Parallel.

A cool variation of July Saturday.



Picnic people otherwise occupied

Spreading cloths on lawn

Popping corks

Cutting long French bread. Laughing.

Waiting for the special trumpeters.

Theatre doors open for their admission.



Today would feature Lear.

Tomorrow Falstaff in Henry IV.

The Canadian Stratford on Avon.

We like it far better than original

Overseas.

But sadly, no Anne Hathaway’s Garden.



The swans are way down the water

Gracious and silent.

Unlike chuttering mallards

Or trumpeting geese. Also Canadian.

They have blessed us.

Knowing that I am proposing marriage. Imminently.