looking up out the book he read as he walked he saw of pigeons and blackbirds playing at the edge of a huge puddle inside a fenced-in vacant lot

they looked like they were having a ball 

                                          amid the squalor that people do so well

empty pizza boxes soda cans beer bottles plastic pints cellophane Doritos Fritos Lays bags McDonalds In ‘n Out Carls Jr Mr Pickle Panda Express food wrappers Starbucks 7/11 paper coffee cups lids plastic packaging strands shreds clinging windwoven to the twisted barb end chain link fence 

might be the lot was an assigned recycle receptacle he wasnt informed of 

                                                                              ifso 

then whats with the puddle and the birds

there was an oilysheen to the water that looked brown reflected the clouds in the sky above it colouring courtesy of the sodden earth under it

they appeared to be having fun intermingling their calls sounded fun

he wished he had sand yellowwhitegreenorangeredblue paneled beach balls beach towels and multigrain chips to share

   reminded him of children at the seashore   

1415,  Sunday,  16  4. 23

1002,  Saturday,  6  5. 23