Sit still as statue
In the doorway.
Only eyes
move
To observe
The sky
above the street.
Cars, vans
and
Hyper
exploited moped riding
Food bringers
All pass
remarked
But unexamined.
Ignore tarmac
And all that
rolls there,
Only care
About feathers
slicing air.
Notice the different
ways
That they
beat and glide
Notice,
examine and classify
Herring
gull, feral pigeon, wood pigeon,
Magpie, ring
necked parakeet, crow
Sparrow, goldfinch,
blue tit, starling
Maybe even a
kestrel, a buzzard
Or a red kite.
Look again
to check
Wing shape
and flight pattern.
Sit and
watch and wait
Until one
day spring ends
With a mad high-pitched
scream
And a bird
that flies like nothing else
Because it
always
Flies and
nothing else
Swifts.
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