One For The Crow

A Tuesday morning in November
out on the street taking in the bins.
As a flight of crows flashed past
the street lights went out.

My neighbour, very good at counting,
said it was a coincidence,
but it looked as if the crows
put the lights out.

I asked him to put a figure
on how sure he was of that.

 

 

Jim Paterson worked in the Scottish Highlands for many years, now living in Perpignan, France. Recent work in City of Poets, Ink, Sweat & Tears, Poetry Bus, Antae Journal. Two pamphlets, Grit 1 and 2, upcoming book, RSVP, with Michel Borla. https://jwdpaterson.wordpress.com