Seven mobsters
and one pigeon
spread a blanket on the grass.
Their basket contains cheese,
wine, and sourdough French bread
all the way from San Francisco.
"'Frisco fog,
Mr. Capone explains to the pigeon,
is the crucial ingredient of this loaf."
Then Bruno breaks
one of the pigeon's wings,
then breaks
the other one.
Louie the Face
takes the pigeon to the river.
Mr. Capone
walks alone down a narrow trail
into the trees.
"My father never hugged me."
He muses,
then picks up a stick,
to use as a cane,
although he doesn't really
need it.
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