Anglers' envy

Anglers watched 

the Cormorant with envy: 

out-stretched wings slapped

down on shallow waters, 

clumsy like an eager novice 

of the butterfly stroke; 

discombobulated 

fish flop in beak of 

up-tilted head and down 

long, narrow gullet. 

Glint of emerald eye, 

satiated repose.  

Fishing rods leant 

against the balustrade.

  

Idle.