Triveni Journal

1927 | 11,233,916 words

Triveni is a journal dedicated to ancient Indian culture, history, philosophy, art, spirituality, music and all sorts of literature. Triveni was founded at Madras in 1927 and since that time various authors have donated their creativity in the form of articles, covering many aspects of public life....

Council’s Edict

J. K. Murphy

Please don’t feed pigeons in the Square, Council decrees.
A busker plays a London tune within
The beat of pigeons up confining trees.
He places salty chips upon a bin,

Hand to his heart, as it were. They follow suit
And in a pack they fly down as of old.
A covert camera makes a random shoot;
He’ll be moved on; their reasons are twofold:
He feeds the birds but can’t pitch to the crowd.
Look at that forlorn cap beside his feet.
Our sweeper nods at fashion, such as loud
Hat-feathers. Dowdy ones, he sweeps away like sleet.

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