Said Mr. Wigeon to Mr. Pigeon,"Why do you live in town?There's people there, and sir, the air —The air, my friend, is brown!"Said Mr. Pigeon to Mr. Wigeon,"From people's crumbs I grow fat;The climate of your marsh I find too harsh —I live in town, and that's that!"

Mr. Wigeon & Mr. Pigeon

Waves speak 
to the shore
in rippled verse
scattered shell
strands of kelp

in the sand
each visitor 
inscribes a story
*sandpiper, wigeon, crow
raccoon, otter, coyote*

I read each one
as I write my own