Pigeons on the balcony.
Peeking in to look at me.
I say fly and shoo.
They just stay and coo.
I get up to get the bottle.
and they just ignore me.
I open the door to shoo them away
They hesitate so I take aim.
and squirt them with my water.
The Mammal Cage
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"The Mammal Cage" is the fifth story in *Of Seaweed and Chocolate*, but
it's also the first. Fifth is where it fits in the sequence of the book,
but it ...
4 months ago
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Makes me think of that sad little ditty the kids on the school bus use to say.
Saw a little bird on the window sill. It had a pink and purple bill. Fed it fed it crumbs of bread. Then I smashed its little head.
Yeah, they were strange kids...girl scouts!
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