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*What is a pigeon hole* I wondered aloud.
No do-gooders with fairly sourced coffee came to my aid
No cedar waxwings alighted on the fence post
but a pileated woodpecker did peck a hole
or ten
in the exposed wood of my neighbor's shed
Do pigeons drill holes in city pavements?
Are they a nuisance to roofs?
A danger to garden plots?

Perhaps that is what left a huge hole in my veggie plot
or maybe it was my dog
because I have never seen a pigeon here

Mockingbirds yes
Mourning doves yes
Hummingbirds on a good day
Bluebirds, swallows, sparrow, crows and
Robins galore
A cardinal just 
swooped across the airspace outside my window
behind which I sit typing
a bit of this or that
about pigeon holes

Have I pigeon holed pigeons? 
or woodpeckers or waxwings? 

Have I trapped myself in this chair
writing drivel
again? 

I've misplace the gift,
temporarily I hope,
of letting words spew out
letting stories tell themselves

In my quest to stop thinking at all
I find I am thinking too much 

I pigeon holed myself

Thanks for the chat  

***

This is my entry to @mariannewest's daily [freewrite challenge](https://peakd.com/hive-161155/@mariannewest/day-1301-5-minute-freewrite-friday-prompt-pigeon-hole). Today's prompt is ***pigeon hole***.

Both of my daughters just surprised me for Mother's Day by coming home!!! Happy Mothers Day to all you Mothers out there! 

Image is mine, and is a detail of a painting by Chris Randolph.