Here. here...kudos to that!
In the immortal lyrics of Steve Ward (for those not steeped in decoy tradition: of Ward Brothers fame):
THE DRIFTER
I'm just an old has-been decoy.
No ribbons have I won.
My sides are full of shot
From many a blazing gun.
My home has been the river.
Just drifting along with the tide.
No roof have I had for shelter,
No one place where I could abide.
I've rocked to winter's wild fury
I've scorched in the heat of the sun.
I've drifted and drifted and drifted
For tides never cease to run.
I was picked up by some fool collector
Who put me up on a shelf.
But my place is out on the river
Where I can drift all by myself.
I want to go back to the shoreline
Where flying clouds hang thick and low.
And get the touch of the raindrops,
And the velvety soft touch of the snow.
...that was written by a decoy maker close to the marsh.....Cheers, PG