Ibis
He stalks amongst a roadside hedgerow
A leather hatted litter picker
No mangroves for this fellow
Those turgid landscapes long gone
Blood red stripes on his neck, this breeding male
seeks love in the city
Streetlights cast long shadows
on this 21st century plague doctor
His long beak pecks and sorts
the detritus of careless lives
this fast food stork knows nothing
Of scurrying crabs nor succulent snails
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