Pigeons
by joetwo
A pigeon stopped the traffic
By standing in the road
A truck braked so violently
That it lost half its load
Such a mess created
The road was blocked all day
Cause those feathered assholes
Refused to fly away
See what else is a pigeon
Except a source of grief
That live right in your face
And thus give no relief
So when driving at a pigeon
Don’t bank or break or swerve
Just go a little faster
Give then what they deserve
joe2poetry 
I can’t help but laugh; even though I think you’re a meanie… 😉
Only a little bit of a meanie surely.
Vermin … I’m with you, Joe, even if it does sound mean, they cause so many problems in our town. You did make it sound funny, though 🙂
Thanks Polly!
In some parts they’re getting so fat from eating french fries that people have dropped on the ground outside the local McDonalds that they’re too fat to even lift off the ground and fly! Makes it easier for cars to hit them then, I guess.
PS: I see you joined Twitter. I haven’t myself. How’s that working out? What do you think of it so far?
By the way, just FYI, did you know that the US Library of Congress archives all tweets from all twitter accounts in perpetuity? I’m not sure how you opt out…I guess everything you say is permanent then…I wouldn’t feel too comfortable about that. Just a friendly heads up in case you didn’t know. Oh and I’d take out the wannabe from before writer that you have in your twitter bio. You’re a writer, that’s it, not a wannabe writer. Either you’re a writer or you’re not, and you are. So that’s it.
Ah it is just for links to the blog and “twitter poems” nothing I wouldn’t mind being archived. By the by, how do you know i’m on twitter? Googling me again? 😉
Nah, I just happened to be looking at Trifecta’s twitter account and I saw you there, so that’s how I found your twitter account. No stalking. 😉
Suure!!! I believe you! 😉
*smiles*
I’m trying not to imagine the scenario when the lorry driver doesn’t stop, squashes pigeon, and then gets mobbed by do-gooding on-lookers at the next set of traffic lights.
I loved the rhyming and pacing in this – it left me laughing. 🙂
Cheers! Glad you liked it!
lol
🙂
This brought smiles, Joe, even though the visual isn’t pleasant, but pigeons aren’t pleasant, either! 🙂
No they’re not! Thanks for reading!
I think the scads of squadrons of bicyclists fall into the widgeon category also.The ones that bike five across taking up the entire lane. Mean me.
There is a special place in hell reserved for those people.