Foot of Del Norte Street
(Feb. 5, 2009) grackles flash brass badges
where weary sparrows flit
from homeless camps to St Vinnies
they block the flyway
while rain smothers the morning
and a low-slung sun holds no promise
hunger driven sparrows
hover in the brush
eyes blank with fear
listen
for the rusty-gate sounds
of grackle’s radio “readle-cak”
path to food and shelter denied
by menacing hulks in blue-black gear
that sheds the rain and defies the cold
brown pelicans swoop by
toward the long pier, eyes downcast
hold their breath against the smell of fear
grackles retreat at dusk
ease their black & whites into gear
cackle all the way to the station.
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