What is a pigeon hole I wondered aloud.
No do-gooders with fairly sourced coffee came to my aid
No cedar waxwings alighted on the fence post
but a pileated woodpecker did peck a hole
or ten
in the exposed wood of my neighbor's shed
Do pigeons drill holes in city pavements?
Are they a nuisance to roofs?
A danger to garden plots?
Perhaps that is what left a huge hole in my veggie plot
or maybe it was my dog
because I have never seen a pigeon here
Mockingbirds yes
Mourning doves yes
Hummingbirds on a good day
Bluebirds, swallows, sparrow, crows and
Robins galore
A cardinal just
swooped across the airspace outside my window
behind which I sit typing
a bit of this or that
about pigeon holes
Have I pigeon holed pigeons?
or woodpeckers or waxwings?
Have I trapped myself in this chair
writing drivel
again?
I've misplace the gift,
temporarily I hope,
of letting words spew out
letting stories tell themselves
In my quest to stop thinking at all
I find I am thinking too much
I pigeon holed myself
Thanks for the chat
This is my entry to @mariannewest's daily freewrite challenge. Today's prompt is pigeon hole.
Both of my daughters just surprised me for Mother's Day by coming home!!! Happy Mothers Day to all you Mothers out there!
Image is mine, and is a detail of a painting by Chris Randolph.