入国後一週間め　[ The first week in Bangkok ]

日差しの強い朝、大学の隣の寺の裏庭で、昨夜の雷に撃たれたかのような黒いバサバサの羽で直立したまま死んでいるハトを見た。
私はこれからここで暮らすんだなと思った。
サナームルアン（王宮前広場）の横を通るとたくさんのハトが歩いている。
野性的だけどつやがある。
眺めていると「餌をやりなさい」と売り子が近づいて来る。
 私はハトが苦手だが、ここまで囲まれるなら作品にした方がいいと思った。

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I have met a dead body of pigeon standing still in the backyard of a temple neaby the Silpakorn University. Its feather was roughly deshevelled with darken color almost black as if it was struck by the lighning last night.

I just thought I was going to stay this place for a while…

When I am walking along the sanaam luang, I have to see so many pigeons there, they seem wild but glossy. Presently some peddlers come to sell their seed.

Although I am seriously birdphobia, I started to think that I had better work on them, as being surrounded by so many of them so often.