Sunday Interloper

A big, stupid gull
Smacks into the window,
Drags its enormous grey and white
Arse
Around the ledge,
Then,
Beating its monumental wings
Whacks the window again
With its crooked yellow bill—
Is it trying to mate with itself?—
Then tumbles down, falling
Into a gliding retreat.

George Chadderdon © 1998