The movie ran long, two-plus hours,

And the time, as I sat, passed slowly,

The action was minimal, infrequent,

Verging on boring, yet, it was subtle,

Holding my attention effortlessly.

The cast did well, no one star shone,

No one clamored for attention.

It was an ensemble piece, throw in

All the players and see what happens.

It ended somewhat unresolved, left me

Wanting more, not a bad thing at all.

It is a movie I see most days, today

Being not out of the ordinary, in fact,

Quite ordinary, almost like life itself.

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Meet the cast

Bass

Blue gill

Blue jays

Cardinals (voice only)

Crows (voice only)

Damsel fly

Deer

Ducks

Frogs/peepers

Kingfishers

Hawk

Minnows (young bass and blue gill as understudies)

Red-eared sliders

Snapping turtle

Sparrows

Tiny swarming insects

Tufted-titmice (voice only)

Vultures

Wrens (voice only)

and a host of uncredited birds, insects and aquatic life

Featuring

Wind

Clouds (seen above and reflected on the surface)

Glittering, rippling water surface

Sound effects by Nature

Sun

Addition set-design by

Algae

Ash

Bluestem

Dogwood

Grapevine

Hickory

Locust (thorny)

Mayapples

Multi-flora rose

Redbud

Oak

Walnut

Wildflowers

and others too numerous to mention

Special guest star: tick

A shout-out to the clean-up crew: vultures, coyotes, carrion-eating insects and etc.

Lives were lost in the making of this film (minnows and/or frogs consumed by bass and snapping turtle, insects by birds and fish).

An All-Natural Production

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