I saw the sweetest thing on Sunday while taking a stroll. It was early, the streets empty and quiet, when I walked by a movie theater.
In front were a flock of birds feasting on a silo of spilled popcorn.
I stopped to watch, happy for them, knowing how they spend their whole lives foraging for food.
I look up, and see a young Mexican kid in the theater’s lobby, peering out the window with a big smile on his face.
He couldn’t have been more than 18, short, chubby, with a baseball cap that said, Mama Mia on it, oblivious to me watching.
Clearly he was the one responsible for this great feast that was going on.
I had visions of him remembering home when maybe he fed chickens in the morning. I know I have memories, like walking along Fairfield Beach picking up shells, toes happy in the sand, my early life, more simple than grand.
I was waiting for some irate New Yorker to go by in disgust ranting how feeding the birds attract rats. That could be true if robins and sparrows didn’t clean their plates so thoroughly.
Like my grandfather always said, they have to eat too.
SB
Like Elton John said:
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That Elton…he hit it right on the nose.
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Well, maybe not. I was forgetting: the words are from Bernie Tarpaulin, obviously a country boy. 😉
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They’ve been together so long, they’re interchangeable. Elton’s mouth opens, and Bernie’s words come out.
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Yes, a very strange partnership; VERY different people, but it works. Bernie is from Sleaford, just down the road, and one of Maeve and my Sunday bumbling destinations.
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You have so much musical history living in England. So impressive and must be inspiring as well. 🙂
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That is one sweet boy, Susannah. He’ll make a great catch someday.
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You said it Skinny. Imagine if he treats birds that way, how he’d treat his lady. sigh…
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Awwww…pigeons are much maligned these days. So nice that someone is good to them.
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Looked like Rome, there were so many.
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What a lovely start to the day!
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I’m glad you appreciated my tiny tale. It wasn’t all that well received. Sigh
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