NOA AND JOAN OF ARCADIA ON OBSERVING VENUES OF VULTURES Jen Karetnick We’d always heard that cockroaches would inherit the earth but when there is more water than land it’s the New World vultures who thrive, gorging on the dead and peeing themselves in glee. Convergently evolved spokes-birds for nonconformity, clearly they don’t favor a republican form of government, choosing instead to share the wealth, allowing scavengers to be scavengers, feeding at a wake. A kettle in flight, they roost by committee on the remaining telephone poles, live oaks and peaks of roofs, and vomit on those who oppose the value of their corrosive existence.
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