The park pond sparkles, grey and white.
In places it is mucky.
It isn't really all that deep,
Just halfway up the ducky.

I particularly like the images this conjours up, a stretch of water, glittering in the light, yet, not an artificial or unlikely blue, but a composite of grey cloud and white sunlight, a slight hint of muddiness about it's fringe, the impression of weed undulating in the current, grasping and reaching in the waves.

Then that bloody duck comes along and spoils it.

LTS