Some sparrows prefer
downtown streets to parks
or neighborhood yards.
They peck at grit trodden by
rich & poor, bankers & poets,
professors & students.
These feathered mavericks
follow their plan with such flow
we hardly ever notice their
small presence on a building’s
eaves, in alleys, near parking
meters, among the homeless.
Similar stories: both
surviving unnoticed & on
so little.
Claire J. Baker is a dedicated poet and a self-appointed peace activist.