Unlikely couple...

I was watching this dove while I was walking on the pier the other morning

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Looking carefully

 you can see the pipe has similar markings to the dove

gray undertone

rusty red ring around the neck

and at closer inspection
 the dove even has green highlights  on his neck and head

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Now here's the kicker

the dove was flirting with the pipe!

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I watched for awhile

stunned at his confusion

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And then I got to thinking

how I too had experienced the same misguided attraction

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Mistaking what I WANTED to see

rather than seeing what was actually there