Wringer — Jerry Spinelli

The pigeon's eye is like a polished shirt button.
The pigeon's eye is orange with a smaller black button in the center.
It looks up at him.
It does not blink.
It seems as if the bird is about to speak, but it does not.
Only the voices speak:
"Wring it! Wring it! Wring it!"

He cannot.
He cannot wring it, nor can he let go. He wants to let go, desperately, but his fingers are stone.
And the voices chant "Wring it! Wring it!" and the orange eye stares.