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JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

0 posted 2011-11-18 06:33 PM

The sky is speckled here and there,
With the wild shrieking of the crows
Brutish birds almost come to blows,
Fighting for dominance in the air.

The birds are much like humankind,
Fighting over the scraps of life,
The losers live a life of strife,
Making do with their daily grind.

It never stops, the race goes on,
Stealing from her, taking from him,
Its fast or famine; life is grim,
Just making do until we're gone.

©November 13, 2011 / Jerry Pat Bolton

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways ~*~

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

1 posted 2011-11-18 07:15 PM

One was giving me "the eye" as I went to my car this afternoon... making me wonder if he's the one who left his calling card on my windshield.

JL
Member Ascendant

since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

2 posted 2011-11-18 07:20 PM

I think you’ve hit the proverbial nail on the head.
Nice write Jerry.

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,and with all your mind. Love your neighbor as yourself.
Maranatha!

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

3 posted 2011-11-18 07:25 PM

Hah! They will do that, suthern, give you the eye, and it wouldn't surprise me if he hadn't left that calling card for you.

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Thank, JL.

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways ~*~

Sunshine

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Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

4 posted 2011-11-18 08:11 PM

And here, the
   starlings are cawing
      spiraling stairways to
          another world
      and back again
   for they know
it is coming on
  to winter, and they hustle
     bustling about, whirling, and
    all the while
   they wonder
as humans
  run north and south only
    maybe east and west
       but rarely, rarely
             singing along as the
                         crow flies....
~*~

OMG...thank you
SO much for the inspiration!

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

5 posted 2011-11-18 08:17 PM

Wow, Sunshine, you certainly took my little poem and woke up, and poked the little starlings / And yes, I do understand the . . . "but rarely, rarely / singing along as the / crow flies...."

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways ~*~

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

6 posted 2011-11-19 08:20 AM

Nice to see your grit and grim is alive and well in this one my friend, good write!

Lori

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

7 posted 2011-11-19 08:45 AM

Hi Lori, thanks, I'm still the old grit and grim guy I always was, although I have to admit my writing, for the most part, has taken a softer trend lately.

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways ~*~

Margherita
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since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

8 posted 2011-11-19 05:29 PM

Well expressed, Jerry! Fight for food is getting stressful for so many species (humans included sadly yes!) as the food chain seems to have lost its natural balance and harmony.

The crows are quite beautiful, but I can't say that their voice sounds very inviting!

Margherita

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

9 posted 2011-11-19 05:43 PM

We keep multiplying and taking over the land used for growing and eventually there will be an impasse like none before it with massive starvation its consequence. I agree, Margherita, the crow is no songbird.

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways ~*~

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