I rummaged through a ransacked house
which I somehow knew was mine
until I stopped to trim the lamp’s toenails.
It was then I noticed the duck’s half-head
glaring malice from its lonely eye.
I hoped the marauders had gone,
but the next moment hoped they hadn’t,
for the fear kept me blissfully sleeping,
clippers in hand, under the mallard’s gaze.
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