Our Couple In Love
09/29/09
I watch the birds circle from my back door
thinking of my cat, wanting to hunt their caw
waiting to lunge after a shake at the tree tops
I think of the pigeons on the city sidewalks downtown
that seem to want to test us as we walk by,
hope for a scrap of bread, your refuse for food
I think of the two Mallards that would come by our house
we’d watch the Mallards every year,
know they mate for life, look for joined couples
In the beginning of the season I’d see
one Mallard couple, and one make Mallard following
and I’d think, “find your own girl”
But one Mallard couple always came by our house
enjoy the grasses, walk together alone
we’d watch two so in love, made for each other
And one day he came home to tell me
a car on the main road hit our happy couple
and nothing felt right for some time
So I try to think of these creatures meant for flight
and I think of how they’re so misunderstood
but at least our couple in love died together
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