Charmed Chaos
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Outcast
Outcast
-Linda Lee Lyberg
Lovely white and black pigeon
Born distinct from a genetic defect
Outcast from the common flock
Easy target for predators
Watching you everyday trying to fit in
With the ‘normal’ pigeons
You make them uncomfortable
They peck at you, pushing you away
You stand your ground
Your uniqueness frightens them
I fear your destiny is to
Soar through this world alone
For they don’t understand you,
Do they?
They may not, but I do.
Pigeons are a lot like humans, it seems.
Copyright©2017
Linda Lee Lyberg
By Howcheng (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)%5D, via Wikimedia Commons
Author’s Note: I have a leucistic pigeon in my yard and it is interesting observing the behavior of the other pigeons with him. He’s really big and beautiful. I haven’t been able to get close enough for a photo, so had to make do with one from Wikimedia Commons.
For more on leucism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leucism
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Loved that post, animals are the same, they go by color, black ones pick on the brown and if there is black and white cow it’s even worst, the fighting and pushing out of the group.
Thanks for the memory,
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Thanks Elsie! It’s been interesting to say the least. 😊
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Great post, but there you go again making me learn something, lol 🙂
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Creative post! I think its a cute pigeon!
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Thank you!
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