Ducks

by Michal Reiben

lemonade 

‘Quack-quack.’

‘I’m not a ‘quack’ I’m a licensed psychologist,’ says the man sitting next to me on the bench.

‘I was talking to the ducks in the pond.’

‘Do they answer you?’

‘They’re telling me they're hungry.’

‘That’s obvious.’

‘I enjoy talking to them, but a ‘quack’ wouldn’t understand!’