A word of warning. Today's offering may be a bit, "yikes!".
throes
a pigeon
on the concrete
of an apron
buries its head
deeply in its chest
and slowly
keels over
rolls a bit
like a plush toy
then stays belly-up
legs stiff
and lays there
in the hot sun
until a clearner
on his rounds
comes over
and tosses it
into his trash bag
15/04/2013
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© cheong lee san ( dsnake1 ), 2013
3 comments:
Quite the image. I'm either hoping that the image of the bird is metaphorical...or not : )
Lynn
Oops! :D
Lynn,
i actually saw it happened. my daughter was pointing out that the bird was acting kind of funny, and i said "oh,no", and then it was gone.
Liz,
yeah. i suspect the birds were culled. there were lots of them previously at that spot and now there were none.
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