pigeon man

ever since i cracked my egg

ever since i was a squab

people been jacking nickels

jacking nickels from couch cushions

that's why my fluff -

that's why my feathers tousled

see my eyes?

they wasn't born like this

no they was born gray

like my brothers'

but the smoke!

the smoke

turned 'em orange

people been littering in my house

sunflower seed scabs fall off

their plastic fingers. french fries

hot dog buns

granola crumbs: that's my breakfast

that's my breakfast!

but this

this is my house

that spot you're sitting in right now?

i've shat in that spot five times

five times that spot was my bathroom

before you sat there

it's still gonna be my bathroom after

you ever seen a pigeon ass up close?

jackson pollock ain't got shit on my ass

i dropped a mural in the foyer

i call it my fowl welcome mat

speaking of ass

you ever seen a pigeon man

sweet talk a lady?

our whole necks swell up

like a sparkly indigo scrotum

balloon

and they run

away

that's how we know they like it

we watch their scaly pink legs scuttle past

bouncing like bubble gum

red noodles the color of flamingo sex

so we say

nice legs!"