The streets are turmoil
with implied disaster
as pedestrians assailed
by autos topple
on the walks
in strict disorder,
like crabs shored up
by waves, unscrambled
by a seaward-pulling
fate that points
to timelier graves.
Pigeons in retreat
yield up their pavement
pasturage to line
a nearby rooftop
where with mannerly
restraint they improvise
the shoulder hunch
of buzzards busy
with delight
at multitudes
of staggering prey.
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