ODE TO WATERFOWL! They maneuver and glide like ballerinas in slow motion as their feathered pinions aid them in the turbulent updraft of air currents! As graceful as any model whose agile body is used to display the creation of a master's work of art on a fashion show runway. No fear of heights soaring above the clouds with greater ease than anything man could ever design and launch into the heavens. Trusting the one who created them for all that is needed to brace feather and bone against force of wind maintaining poise so gracefully! Perfectly designed aeronautically they turn on their backs spilling the wind ''neath their wings plummeting toward earth like a guided missile! Their suspended glide and pinpoint landing would make any shuttle crew jealous as they light with incredible ease and accuracy! January 5, 1997 BACK