Birds Overheard

birds fly in unison while
frock priests flee persecution
for boyish actions too
depraved to set aside;

birds fly south without invitation
unleashing havoc in the streets
from all the unsolved crimes
reported in comic books,
daily distributed downtown
in case nature calls again;

birds sit on wires and fences
watching police brutality creep
into the gutters where they once bathed,
but no one wants to bother
anyone for fear of inadvertently
raising the unemployment rate.

22Jul14