Thursday, August 28, 2025

Birds by the River

I think it’s a cormorant

Spreading its wings,

Just waiting to see what

This afternoon brings.

 

It sits on a log on

The riverbed’s bank,

Its beak poking into

Its chest, neck and flank.

 

I’m on a bench watching

The bird do its thing

And wond’ring how long

It will wait to take wing.

 

It has no awareness

That I’m even here

And doesn’t display

Any interest or fear.

 

A pigeon, however,

Just strutted right by

And stopped for a snack,

But I couldn’t comply.

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