Feast

The town is already set
for Christmas. The timer sends
Bach to the church bell

and people still come in, tempted
to find the old pews.
The pigeons, without coming in,

are a custom too
and heavily marked in a forum
they’re losing,

desire for sugar making them,
right on the street,
backs and beaks and wings.

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