3. why I couldn’t tell a pigeon from a dove

Nabila Lovelace

seen a dove / in passing / the white side

of a soapbox / my quandary over / dividing line

is / any city / of hierarchy / little eyes / decircuit

in 2-year-old / prescription lenses / wearing

fog’s remnants / I point / squint / background wings

not flapping / soaring / wings a fanned-out stack

of restaurant menus / hawk or falcon / for prey

3 of the 6 birds / a circle / under arm

of the tree / that resembles / a picked fro / I

park / outfront / this ceremony / & w /

unadjusted eyes / before me / O /

is a raven

a crow /

this matters / too / my will

to watch