hello nice to meet you how are you doing me I’m doing okay
me I’m doing okay
me I’m doing okay actually there are some bits I wanted to
actually there are some bits I wanted to
actually there are some bits I wanted to share with you from somebody talked to
share with you from somebody talked to
share with you from somebody talked to you the other day they told me they
you the other day they told me they
you the other day they told me they wanted you to hear it from a
wanted you to hear it from a
wanted you to hear it from a conversation with an everyday pigeon
conversation with an everyday pigeon
conversation with an everyday pigeon okay so there are two things I want to
okay so there are two things I want to
okay so there are two things I want to clarify one
clarify one
clarify one I am completely saying although I once
I am completely saying although I once
I am completely saying although I once considered a career of bird whispering
considered a career of bird whispering
considered a career of bird whispering next to moving to Alaska starting Seven
next to moving to Alaska starting Seven
next to moving to Alaska starting Seven Fishes business with two kids and took
Fishes business with two kids and took
Fishes business with two kids and took shop on the side I’m completely sane and
shop on the side I’m completely sane and
shop on the side I’m completely sane and – I know what you’re thinking and you’re
– I know what you’re thinking and you’re
– I know what you’re thinking and you’re exactly right talking to pigeons is
exactly right talking to pigeons is
exactly right talking to pigeons is silly when you don’t know how to say to
silly when you don’t know how to say to
silly when you don’t know how to say to them I just did not always like pigeons
them I just did not always like pigeons
them I just did not always like pigeons I don’t know it was more of a childish
I don’t know it was more of a childish
I don’t know it was more of a childish gradual more than anything a bit like
gradual more than anything a bit like
gradual more than anything a bit like where when I built emo school days where
where when I built emo school days where
where when I built emo school days where I would have poached them and right away
I would have poached them and right away
I would have poached them and right away they would flutter off finding excuses
they would flutter off finding excuses
they would flutter off finding excuses to bend breadcrumbs for the more
to bend breadcrumbs for the more
to bend breadcrumbs for the more productive activity of sitting on
productive activity of sitting on
productive activity of sitting on telephone wires but Dodd somewhere at
telephone wires but Dodd somewhere at
telephone wires but Dodd somewhere at the turn of my 16th year on earth I’ll
the turn of my 16th year on earth I’ll
the turn of my 16th year on earth I’ll skip the chapter of angst and tears for
skip the chapter of angst and tears for
skip the chapter of angst and tears for time sake I started seeing pigeons a
time sake I started seeing pigeons a
time sake I started seeing pigeons a little differently how they were bird
little differently how they were bird
little differently how they were bird brained but in a good way
brained but in a good way
brained but in a good way simple minded yet resilient I admired
simple minded yet resilient I admired
simple minded yet resilient I admired them for their freelance lifestyle and
them for their freelance lifestyle and
them for their freelance lifestyle and unity a filter and reference for
unity a filter and reference for
unity a filter and reference for overcrowded overthinking mind now I’m
overcrowded overthinking mind now I’m
overcrowded overthinking mind now I’m not professional pigeons but I tend to
not professional pigeons but I tend to
not professional pigeons but I tend to say that I said a good enough amount of
say that I said a good enough amount of
say that I said a good enough amount of time admiring them from a distance and
time admiring them from a distance and
time admiring them from a distance and mustering the courage to talk to them to
mustering the courage to talk to them to
mustering the courage to talk to them to be able to say this today I’m going to
be able to say this today I’m going to
be able to say this today I’m going to talk to you about a few lessons I
talk to you about a few lessons I
talk to you about a few lessons I learned for a pigeon talk on the rare
learned for a pigeon talk on the rare
learned for a pigeon talk on the rare occasion that I did manage to catch the
occasion that I did manage to catch the
occasion that I did manage to catch the pigeon on my windowsill for morning
pigeon on my windowsill for morning
pigeon on my windowsill for morning coffee and chatter do pigeon talk the
coffee and chatter do pigeon talk the
coffee and chatter do pigeon talk the art of fly away stories my first lesson
art of fly away stories my first lesson
art of fly away stories my first lesson Rome and listen they’re everywhere
Rome and listen they’re everywhere
Rome and listen they’re everywhere pigeons rooftop cart off cars and car
pigeons rooftop cart off cars and car
pigeons rooftop cart off cars and car tops alleyways storefronts telephone
tops alleyways storefronts telephone
tops alleyways storefronts telephone wires to us they’re just moving
wires to us they’re just moving
wires to us they’re just moving landscape
landscape
landscape but there’s a way in which they travel
but there’s a way in which they travel
but there’s a way in which they travel cities a way in which they fly from
cities a way in which they fly from
cities a way in which they fly from window to window a way in which they
window to window a way in which they
window to window a way in which they peered quite literally into the windows
peered quite literally into the windows
peered quite literally into the windows of our lives I’ve been walking a lot
of our lives I’ve been walking a lot
of our lives I’ve been walking a lot more recently and seeing a lot more
more recently and seeing a lot more
more recently and seeing a lot more things and listening and when I was
things and listening and when I was
things and listening and when I was writing this I tried to use the word
writing this I tried to use the word
writing this I tried to use the word wonder but I realized what I wanted to
wonder but I realized what I wanted to
wonder but I realized what I wanted to use was Rome to Rome is to be able to
use was Rome to Rome is to be able to
use was Rome to Rome is to be able to move forward without dwelling on
move forward without dwelling on
move forward without dwelling on anything be it all notions grudges the
anything be it all notions grudges the
anything be it all notions grudges the past do you all miss to listen Germans
past do you all miss to listen Germans
past do you all miss to listen Germans to be open open to the idea that every
to be open open to the idea that every
to be open open to the idea that every step we take is another letter and
step we take is another letter and
step we take is another letter and another person story and another word in
another person story and another word in
another person story and another word in ours
ours
ours I’m an old man a few weeks back it was a
I’m an old man a few weeks back it was a
I’m an old man a few weeks back it was a rough week he asked me what I thought
rough week he asked me what I thought
rough week he asked me what I thought about the rainy weather and my friend
about the rainy weather and my friend
about the rainy weather and my friend foodie I replied with the condition of
foodie I replied with the condition of
foodie I replied with the condition of my grades well continue to be a train
my grades well continue to be a train
my grades well continue to be a train wreck of a beginning somehow flowed into
wreck of a beginning somehow flowed into
wreck of a beginning somehow flowed into conversation I found that I was really
conversation I found that I was really
conversation I found that I was really good at cutting off sentences actually I
good at cutting off sentences actually I
good at cutting off sentences actually I speaking of eyes I have eyes – they’re
speaking of eyes I have eyes – they’re
speaking of eyes I have eyes – they’re brown oh god you know who else has eyes
brown oh god you know who else has eyes
brown oh god you know who else has eyes my physics teacher whose class are
my physics teacher whose class are
my physics teacher whose class are failing I had to stop myself from
failing I had to stop myself from
failing I had to stop myself from talking and apologize
talking and apologize
talking and apologize oh and he said that’s okay
oh and he said that’s okay
oh and he said that’s okay some people are like that and that’s
some people are like that and that’s
some people are like that and that’s okay we went on to talk about the world
okay we went on to talk about the world
okay we went on to talk about the world the environment dreams you want to
the environment dreams you want to
the environment dreams you want to pharmaceutical school he served in the
pharmaceutical school he served in the
pharmaceutical school he served in the Navy he has grandchildren depression
Navy he has grandchildren depression
Navy he has grandchildren depression rise and when it’s time to go he said
rise and when it’s time to go he said
rise and when it’s time to go he said thank you and I know you’re gonna do
thank you and I know you’re gonna do
thank you and I know you’re gonna do fine we’re also growing up anyways and I
fine we’re also growing up anyways and I
fine we’re also growing up anyways and I hope you make mistakes because we have
hope you make mistakes because we have
hope you make mistakes because we have all the time in the world to find out
all the time in the world to find out
all the time in the world to find out who and how we are I’ll see you later
who and how we are I’ll see you later
who and how we are I’ll see you later now I never saw him again but I can’t
now I never saw him again but I can’t
now I never saw him again but I can’t say that his words have stuck to me it
say that his words have stuck to me it
say that his words have stuck to me it seems so simple he’ll throughout a
seems so simple he’ll throughout a
seems so simple he’ll throughout a conversation between strangers but I
conversation between strangers but I
conversation between strangers but I realize now had I not chosen to take
realize now had I not chosen to take
realize now had I not chosen to take that little step off the sidewalk none
that little step off the sidewalk none
that little step off the sidewalk none of this would have happened
of this would have happened
of this would have happened by not dwelling on scraggly gray hair
by not dwelling on scraggly gray hair
by not dwelling on scraggly gray hair baseball cap and worn flannel I draw
baseball cap and worn flannel I draw
baseball cap and worn flannel I draw I’ve roamed into history yes he did mine
I’ve roamed into history yes he did mine
I’ve roamed into history yes he did mine and bite and I took what I thought was
and bite and I took what I thought was
and bite and I took what I thought was the ending of my story in his and saw
the ending of my story in his and saw
the ending of my story in his and saw that they were still just rough drafts
that they were still just rough drafts
that they were still just rough drafts grand adventures in the making because
grand adventures in the making because
grand adventures in the making because there is a way in which we take the
there is a way in which we take the
there is a way in which we take the rough drafts of our lives and to the
rough drafts of our lives and to the
rough drafts of our lives and to the paths of others ah Hawaii in which
paths of others ah Hawaii in which
paths of others ah Hawaii in which conversations are editing conferences
conversations are editing conferences
conversations are editing conferences how we revise some ideas polished some
how we revise some ideas polished some
how we revise some ideas polished some and hold others a little closer to heart
and hold others a little closer to heart
and hold others a little closer to heart on the day that feels like the ceilings
on the day that feels like the ceilings
on the day that feels like the ceilings would just collapse in the walls of
would just collapse in the walls of
would just collapse in the walls of Titan we hold onto her pens and we keep
Titan we hold onto her pens and we keep
Titan we hold onto her pens and we keep writing we turn our skin into paper and
writing we turn our skin into paper and
writing we turn our skin into paper and our words into ink so I throw him a
our words into ink so I throw him a
our words into ink so I throw him a little more take that step off the path
little more take that step off the path
little more take that step off the path and let’s miss listen a million ways
and let’s miss listen a million ways
and let’s miss listen a million ways more so hey to the old man with the
more so hey to the old man with the
more so hey to the old man with the galaxy in his eyes and the oceans and
galaxy in his eyes and the oceans and
galaxy in his eyes and the oceans and his crinkles I thank you we can’t draw a
his crinkles I thank you we can’t draw a
his crinkles I thank you we can’t draw a conclusion to a story one we’ve only
conclusion to a story one we’ve only
conclusion to a story one we’ve only seen a window of it and can’t draw a
seen a window of it and can’t draw a
seen a window of it and can’t draw a conclusion to our own when we still have
conclusion to our own when we still have
conclusion to our own when we still have pages upon pages to go so while we’re
pages upon pages to go so while we’re
pages upon pages to go so while we’re chasing our stories well we’re running
chasing our stories well we’re running
chasing our stories well we’re running forward is that something somewhere
forward is that something somewhere
forward is that something somewhere somehow we’ll run into it grab onto it
somehow we’ll run into it grab onto it
somehow we’ll run into it grab onto it and belong my second lesson
and belong my second lesson
and belong my second lesson Jason’s long thanks to a certain group
Jason’s long thanks to a certain group
Jason’s long thanks to a certain group of pigeons ducks and their other
of pigeons ducks and their other
of pigeons ducks and their other feathery friends I learned what it meant
feathery friends I learned what it meant
feathery friends I learned what it meant to chase and belong and a miserable kind
to chase and belong and a miserable kind
to chase and belong and a miserable kind of chase it was I was like with my
of chase it was I was like with my
of chase it was I was like with my little brothers is a rather nice one at
little brothers is a rather nice one at
little brothers is a rather nice one at that with house water and the trees but
that with house water and the trees but
that with house water and the trees but I’d lie would be a really good idea to
I’d lie would be a really good idea to
I’d lie would be a really good idea to harass a line of ducks
harass a line of ducks
harass a line of ducks every time they moved faster I would
every time they moved faster I would
every time they moved faster I would move a little faster and every time they
move a little faster and every time they
move a little faster and every time they moved a little faster they would quack a
moved a little faster they would quack a
moved a little faster they would quack a little louder and I thought this was
little louder and I thought this was
little louder and I thought this was really funny for some reason I’m ashamed
really funny for some reason I’m ashamed
really funny for some reason I’m ashamed to admit I was cackling but my joy is
to admit I was cackling but my joy is
to admit I was cackling but my joy is cut short within three to four minutes
cut short within three to four minutes
cut short within three to four minutes because right across the lake there was
because right across the lake there was
because right across the lake there was a mixture of birds pigeons and their
a mixture of birds pigeons and their
a mixture of birds pigeons and their comrades
comrades
comrades about a hundred a number to my dismay I
about a hundred a number to my dismay I
about a hundred a number to my dismay I surrounded by a flurry of feathers one
surrounded by a flurry of feathers one
surrounded by a flurry of feathers one doesn’t know shame until they’re running
doesn’t know shame until they’re running
doesn’t know shame until they’re running at full force from a flock of angry
at full force from a flock of angry
at full force from a flock of angry birds and in my moments of desperation I
birds and in my moments of desperation I
birds and in my moments of desperation I flash from shame to the realization of
flash from shame to the realization of
flash from shame to the realization of chase and belonging there’s no
chase and belonging there’s no
chase and belonging there’s no hesitation from the birds to save the
hesitation from the birds to save the
hesitation from the birds to save the Ducks from the stupid human girl rather
Ducks from the stupid human girl rather
Ducks from the stupid human girl rather there’s an overwhelming sense of love
there’s an overwhelming sense of love
there’s an overwhelming sense of love and I don’t know what happened between
and I don’t know what happened between
and I don’t know what happened between the two groups while there had been the
the two groups while there had been the
the two groups while there had been the Ducks saving a baby pigeon from an angry
Ducks saving a baby pigeon from an angry
Ducks saving a baby pigeon from an angry squirrel like failed biology or an
squirrel like failed biology or an
squirrel like failed biology or an interest me she’s married but I don’t
interest me she’s married but I don’t
interest me she’s married but I don’t know but what I do know is that
know but what I do know is that
know but what I do know is that somewhere along the line their stories
somewhere along the line their stories
somewhere along the line their stories had crossed because belonging transcends
had crossed because belonging transcends
had crossed because belonging transcends blood and distance we spend a lot of our
blood and distance we spend a lot of our
blood and distance we spend a lot of our lives chasing the stories of others so
lives chasing the stories of others so
lives chasing the stories of others so much that we forget that ours are worth
much that we forget that ours are worth
much that we forget that ours are worth living every page so we try to insert
living every page so we try to insert
living every page so we try to insert ourselves as friend a friend befriend 3c
ourselves as friend a friend befriend 3c
ourselves as friend a friend befriend 3c friend 5b boyfriend the six but so we
friend 5b boyfriend the six but so we
friend 5b boyfriend the six but so we write rewrite over our characters just
write rewrite over our characters just
write rewrite over our characters just so that we can become worthy of their
so that we can become worthy of their
so that we can become worthy of their story and we try to settle into the
story and we try to settle into the
story and we try to settle into the comfort of being wanted needed just so
comfort of being wanted needed just so
comfort of being wanted needed just so we can accommodate for the Saturday
we can accommodate for the Saturday
we can accommodate for the Saturday chapters of our lives but sad chapters
chapters of our lives but sad chapters
chapters of our lives but sad chapters don’t make a sad story and that they’re
don’t make a sad story and that they’re
don’t make a sad story and that they’re ours and precious the good and the bad
ours and precious the good and the bad
ours and precious the good and the bad they belong to us we belong to us and
they belong to us we belong to us and
they belong to us we belong to us and the moment of your meal I realize this
the moment of your meal I realize this
the moment of your meal I realize this we realize that we are loved and all the
we realize that we are loved and all the
we realize that we are loved and all the times we spent chasing the backs of
times we spent chasing the backs of
times we spent chasing the backs of people who would never look back they
people who would never look back they
people who would never look back they were people holding onto us tight so
were people holding onto us tight so
were people holding onto us tight so let’s taste this important to us for us
let’s taste this important to us for us
let’s taste this important to us for us and we must not forget that we don’t end
and we must not forget that we don’t end
and we must not forget that we don’t end our days on periods we end her nights on
our days on periods we end her nights on
our days on periods we end her nights on commas and it’s these commas that we
commas and it’s these commas that we
commas and it’s these commas that we spend we should spend our lives chasing
spend we should spend our lives chasing
spend we should spend our lives chasing these commas to our rough drafts near
these commas to our rough drafts near
these commas to our rough drafts near pigeons who have chased the Sun lying on
pigeons who have chased the Sun lying on
pigeons who have chased the Sun lying on and on they promised resolved in the
and on they promised resolved in the
and on they promised resolved in the pierce deforms spend a lot of our lives
pierce deforms spend a lot of our lives
pierce deforms spend a lot of our lives chasing pigeons awkward even us wedding
chasing pigeons awkward even us wedding
chasing pigeons awkward even us wedding place to place but we’ll find where we
place to place but we’ll find where we
place to place but we’ll find where we belong and who we belong with so let’s
belong and who we belong with so let’s
belong and who we belong with so let’s fall in love with our stories tasting
fall in love with our stories tasting
fall in love with our stories tasting belong so while we’re falling in love
belong so while we’re falling in love
belong so while we’re falling in love falling out of love holding on and
falling out of love holding on and
falling out of love holding on and running forward we need to remember the
running forward we need to remember the
running forward we need to remember the strongest bit of pigeon talk wonder on
strongest bit of pigeon talk wonder on
strongest bit of pigeon talk wonder on my weekends I have a gap of time between
my weekends I have a gap of time between
my weekends I have a gap of time between my morning classes and waiting for my
my morning classes and waiting for my
my morning classes and waiting for my little brother’s to finish with their
little brother’s to finish with their
little brother’s to finish with their piano classes to wander the area wander
piano classes to wander the area wander
piano classes to wander the area wander the area around my parents work a place
the area around my parents work a place
the area around my parents work a place I stopped by and I say hello to the
I stopped by and I say hello to the
I stopped by and I say hello to the corner shop owners I popped by the
corner shop owners I popped by the
corner shop owners I popped by the restaurant my little brothers and I are
restaurant my little brothers and I are
restaurant my little brothers and I are regulars at for a wink and a free drink
regulars at for a wink and a free drink
regulars at for a wink and a free drink and there’s a plant magic plant shop I
and there’s a plant magic plant shop I
and there’s a plant magic plant shop I still wait for the grandma who sells
still wait for the grandma who sells
still wait for the grandma who sells vegetables at the corner to come back I
vegetables at the corner to come back I
vegetables at the corner to come back I miss her and unfailingly pigeons perch
miss her and unfailingly pigeons perch
miss her and unfailingly pigeons perch on faded pink buildings how close they
on faded pink buildings how close they
on faded pink buildings how close they get to people tilting their head side to
get to people tilting their head side to
get to people tilting their head side to side curious wondering to Saturday
side curious wondering to Saturday
side curious wondering to Saturday mornings there is who we’ve long said
mornings there is who we’ve long said
mornings there is who we’ve long said since forgotten the childish bliss in
since forgotten the childish bliss in
since forgotten the childish bliss in wonder in the moments we are wide-eyed
wonder in the moments we are wide-eyed
wonder in the moments we are wide-eyed and worn by the new in the way her
and worn by the new in the way her
and worn by the new in the way her breath is swept away by the
breath is swept away by the
breath is swept away by the ever-changing sunrise and sunset the
ever-changing sunrise and sunset the
ever-changing sunrise and sunset the pina stuff aside a hell of a lot more
pina stuff aside a hell of a lot more
pina stuff aside a hell of a lot more again to be excited again to allow
again to be excited again to allow
again to be excited again to allow ourselves to wonder to be excited by the
ourselves to wonder to be excited by the
ourselves to wonder to be excited by the little things to be curious with our own
little things to be curious with our own
little things to be curious with our own stories and to wonder and the way eyes
stories and to wonder and the way eyes
stories and to wonder and the way eyes force me and the wonder of how words ex
force me and the wonder of how words ex
force me and the wonder of how words ex first exchanged and the wonder of how
first exchanged and the wonder of how
first exchanged and the wonder of how some leaves our star shaped and then the
some leaves our star shaped and then the
some leaves our star shaped and then the wonder of 3m conversations on the topic
wonder of 3m conversations on the topic
wonder of 3m conversations on the topic of violin because pigeons are good
of violin because pigeons are good
of violin because pigeons are good inching a little closer to us head tilts
inching a little closer to us head tilts
inching a little closer to us head tilts and a gleaming I am asked a
and a gleaming I am asked a
and a gleaming I am asked a conversationalist a Romer but the place
conversationalist a Romer but the place
conversationalist a Romer but the place to blog chasing breadcrumbs and shiny
to blog chasing breadcrumbs and shiny
to blog chasing breadcrumbs and shiny things
things
things curious my walk home should only take a
curious my walk home should only take a
curious my walk home should only take a good 8 minutes but it makes me at least
good 8 minutes but it makes me at least
good 8 minutes but it makes me at least half an hour or more to get back because
half an hour or more to get back because
half an hour or more to get back because every step I’m stopping to take a look
every step I’m stopping to take a look
every step I’m stopping to take a look at a clover patch pick up leaves make
at a clover patch pick up leaves make
at a clover patch pick up leaves make wishes on dandelions and to converse
wishes on dandelions and to converse
wishes on dandelions and to converse with pigeons so let’s talk
with pigeons so let’s talk
with pigeons so let’s talk hello mr. pigeon it’s been a while how
hello mr. pigeon it’s been a while how
hello mr. pigeon it’s been a while how are you doing me I’m doing ok actually
are you doing me I’m doing ok actually
are you doing me I’m doing ok actually the old man at the bus stop told me he
the old man at the bus stop told me he
the old man at the bus stop told me he was feeling a little lonely these days
was feeling a little lonely these days
was feeling a little lonely these days you should go visit him wait how are you
you should go visit him wait how are you
you should go visit him wait how are you doing I want to hear your story let’s
doing I want to hear your story let’s
doing I want to hear your story let’s take a walk thank you
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