PairedPigeons

When I saw the two birds, I thought that they were lovers.  Both were blotched and ragged, as pigeons in the summer often are.  One lay on the pavement as though it were a nest.  How could there be an egg there?; so, I assumed this bird was legless.  It pecked between its wings, the other helped it out.  This one had yellow plastic tape stuck somehow to a foot.  It couldn’t get it off.  I saw it later trotting down a sidewalk alone.  Both birds looked so stricken.  They must have been lovers!  The tapey bird left the other bobbing its head and blinking.  This bird actually has legs that work fine; I saw it use them proficiently.  Still bedraggled, but I’m not so sure they’re lovers.