Born Aquatic He Was

webbed, goose-white nut-broadened bird. He could green-water scum-break and wet- feather-waddle from the shallows. He stumbled through lives, wives, fragrance and faux pas, yet by boat or bank, under bridge, elegant he was, easy legged, otter-elan, loafing, lollygagging log-light, drifting towards senility with a watery grace. Once he challenged the current near Dubuque and came…