At first there is one, a sentinel
but for what isn’t clear. He is
the first of his kind we have seen
in quite some time, so we stare.
Soon a few, others appear,
then five, ten, the number keeps
growing and all in white as if
this was a wedding and we
did not get the invitation.
But we soon realize that this
is nothing holy, it is a buffet
and even though the food is
plentiful, there is still pushing
and shoving for positions
so perhaps ibis model their
behavior on middle schoolers
bored in the lunchroom line.