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Where are the little birds?
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Where are the little birds? |
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Joyce Johnson
since 2001-03-10
Posts 9912Washington State 
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Where are the birds? They should be feeding. Did they come and go while I was reading? Or is that pesky cat out there? Oh no, she's here right by my chair. Something's disturbed them, there's no sound. I put on my coat to look aound. 'Tis then the villain I espy, Sitting in my Chamaeparis high. It's a red-tailed hawk, so very still Hoping some of my babies will Forget he's there and come to feed. One careless move is all he'll need. Beautiful but deadly he surveys The territory as he sways Upon the tree, but a shadow draws His attention and causes him to pause. I look up high and there I see A bald-headed eagle in my cedar tree. Another is soaring all around Looking for prey upon the ground. They're calling out to one another And the frightened hawk looks for an other Site from which a meal to plunder. He'd almost made a fatal blunder. The birds come back, they know that they Are safe to feed another day. No eagles will come swooping by, They need more room in which to fly. The hawk has learned a timely lesson To keep aware when he is messin' With little birds he wants for dinner. A larger bird could be the winner. For this is simply nature's way. The biggest is apt to win the day. The hunter will become the hunted, And be the meal that he so wanted. By: Joyce 01/19/02 |
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pegasus111 Member Elite
since 2000-07-27
Posts 2219ocala, fl, usa |
beautifully written, Joyce. A sad parody on life, not among the creatures of the wild but among the so called "reasoning" animals called man. The play is unfolding before our eyes in very much the same way as your nature lesson. the woods are lovely, dark, and deep, but I have promises to keep, and many miles to go before I sleep...Frost |
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Trillium
since 2001-03-09
Posts 12098Idaho, USA |
Joyce: I've seen this same scene play out in my backyard! Very well done. Betty Lou Hebert |
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