downtown pigeons

My friends
They chuckle at me
For my exuberant admiration
Of downtown pigeons

Yes common Rock Pigeons
Local merchants are likely to call
"Feathered rats"

But how I soar with them!
When they swing wide
Across the Del Oro tower
By the dozens

The way sunlight
Flashes on their wings
Mid-turn

Dip    rise    &flutter
Across the Safeway park lot

Back to roost
   ridgeline
      on the OddFellows Hall--

Splendid!