My Hotdog-Silly Human

              My Hotdog-Silly Human

    Ahhh, the pigeons, the birds I hate

    on the boardwalk, their ungainly gait.

    Their flight, such a perversion, while mine,

    is superb, yes quite like a moment divine.

    Almost being stepped on by the humans,

    intent on eating their afternoon treats.

    burger, popcorn, all kinds of sweets

    I silently glide over the milling throng, waiting

    for a human with a hotdog to come along.

    A pigeon will have her stumble and I will sweep,

    with a scary scree, a swoop at the hotdog and I go.

    Human, don't you see all along it was meant for me.

Reviews

[John the Baptist]

Who is speaking? An owl? A seagull? A pterodactyl?

[Dave]

The speaker is the seagull. That's why he's putting down pigeons. Besides, I've actually had one swoop down on me once upon a time and steal my hotdog!
Take care , John - Dave

[John the Baptist]

Well, I hope you got an iPhone picture of the bugger and submitted it to Facebook. Hopefully, he'll see his day in court.

[barleygirl]

I love this! It's a strong counter-statement to my pigeon poem! Most people who read my pigeon poem have bad feelings about pigeons so we needed your anti-pigeon poem & this is it! I love how many details you cram into this (especially food detaiuls) & I love how you jumped on my idea & brought it to fruition so quickly! Bravo! As I read I was picturing the pigeon with the hotdog & now I want a hotdog! (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[Dave]

I'm glad you like it - BUT it was the seagull that swooped in and got the hotdog.
Take care - I looove hotdogs too. - Dave

[jacob erin-cilberto]

the Seagulls...a few days ago I was in Walmart parking lot, and there were a bunch of seagulls flying overhead, I felt like I was in "The Byrds"--
but I did not see Tippy Hedron anywhere.