Art by Paul Rios
paths on a train platform
in Perpignan
I wonder how they appear
to one another
the starling darts into the rafters
while the pigeon traipses around the cement
under the benches and around lampposts
he stops and eyes me
watches the girl in white
beside me
and decides we have no food
the starling departed
long gone
blessed by the good sense
of a small life.