We couldn't resist and anyway it's Friday

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By Teri Karush Rogers  |
April 2, 2010 - 12:00PM
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While researching today's post about pigeons roosting in air conditioners, BrickUnderground stumbled across this gently twisted poetic gem.

(Im)moral: There's a bright side to everything, even in New York City real estate.

Pigeons Having Sex On An Air Conditioner In New York*

by Jerry Ratch

“The place is great”

we told the rental agent
“except for one thing

“Pigeons are nesting
on the air conditioner
in the bedroom window

“At 7 a.m. the pigeons
were having sex
on the air conditioner

“They started getting really wild
and throwing themselves
against the window”


There was a pause
while you could distinctly hear
the rental agent swallow

He cleared his throat
“That sounds kind of hot”
he said

 

*Originally published here.

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Founder and publisher Teri Karush Rogers launched Brick Underground in 2009. As a freelance journalist, she had previously covered New York City real estate for The New York Times. Teri has been featured as an expert on New York City residential real estate by The New York Times, New York Daily News, amNew York, NBC Nightly News, The Real Deal, Business Insider, the Huffington Post, and NY1 News, among others. Teri earned a BA in journalism and a law degree from New York University.

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