On the Way

 Intuition prods me to take a new way
     to the imaging center to get my annual mammogram
After a moment of doubt
     I turn onto the path to the bio-pond
          A sweet anomaly on Penn's campus
Overhung with trees and bushes
    drunk with last nights rain
          momentarily annoyed by second hand smoke
Unexpected in this little oasis
There they are- eight newly hatched ducklings
     unbearably cute and ridiculously fuzzy!
A small crowd of my own species
          oohs and ahhs
A two foot drop leaves me wondering
     will the mother prod them to a less precipitous spot?
Suddenly one sails over the edge-
          WHEEE!
Then two more , then the mother and the rest
   to human squeals and wordless exclamations
Grateful,
    filled with wonder and glee
 I head on my way
    with a little piece of inter-species delight
     tucked into my heart