I don't know if this is still so but
In Union Square the pigeons
Used to study the men and boys
Playing chess, preparing
For the change in the world's mechanics
That would require them to take up the game.
(There were few girls and women
Hunched over the boards back then
But perhaps in high summer
Some would hide in the leaves of
The trees -- Siberian Elms in particular --
Playing lightning rounds of chess,
Making small bets and occasionally
Dropping nuts on the men below.)
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