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Felix Crow

Felix Crow

By Kay Ryan b. 1945 Kay Ryan

Crow school

is basic and

short as a rule—

just the rudiments

of quid pro crow

for most students.

Then each lives out

his unenlightened

span, adding his

bit of blight

to the collected

history of pushing out

the sweeter species;

briefly swaggering the

swagger of his

aggravating ancestors

down my street.

And every time

I like him

when we meet.

Source: Poetry (November 2004).

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Poet Kay Ryan b. 1945

POET’S REGION U.S., Western

Subjects Friends & Enemies, Relationships, Pets