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City Dove

The dingy grey city dove Poops on us from high above We’d like to give'm a quick shove Smack'm with an old golf club Bury'm beneath a shrub John G. Lawless ©4/24/2023

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Date: 4/24/2023 4:45:00 PM
Now, now, John. Bird's gotta poop, and theirs is quite extraordinarily large. :)
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Date: 4/24/2023 3:24:00 PM
You crack me up, John. Don't sugar coat it, tell us how you really feel. LOL Thanks for the chuckle:)
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Date: 4/24/2023 2:38:00 PM
Not all of us. Some of us will give them a backstory and imagine befriending them :)
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John Lawless
Date: 4/24/2023 3:20:00 PM
there are fewer now with the resurgence of the "city hawks" nesting in the church towers and pines

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