3. why I couldn’t tell a pigeon from a dove

seen a dove / in passing / the white side
of a soapbox / my quandary over / dividing line
is / any city / of hierarchy / little eyes / decircuit
in 2-year-old / prescription lenses / wearing
fog’s remnants / I point / squint / background wings
not flapping / soaring / wings a fanned-out stack
of restaurant menus / hawk or falcon / for prey
3 of the 6 birds / a circle / under arm
of the tree / that resembles / a picked fro / I
park / outfront / this ceremony / & w /
unadjusted eyes / before me / O /
is a raven
a crow /
this matters / too / my will
to watch

Source: Poetry (July/August 2021)