Monday, 19 January 2026

19/365: The Pigeons That Watch

Stumbling back into my apartment block just before 7am, half delirious from a 12 hour nightshift, I look up and see a bloated pigeon staring back at me. The curious little thing seems as delirious as me, it makes a cooing noise. I grunt and make my way back towards my flat. 

There are some conspiracy theories that pigeons aren't even birds at all, just government-controlled robots sent to spy on us. Of course, I dabble in no such ideas but it does make me wonder what the pigeons think as I wake them from their slumber, delirious and sleep deprived after the night shift. 

Is he a drunkard? A drug addict? Wait, I think I must release my bowels on his head.

Thankfully, this hasn't happened yet, but I feel it is inevitable given the little perch above the entrance that they call home. 

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