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another from memory bank archive series
DEATH IN THE MORNING
on her roosting perch
a wood pigeon awoke
fluttered with a nervous jerk
warily
searching for sustenance
above
the peregrine made a fateful entrance
a winter harsh & icy cold
driven far
from its familiar fold
seeking food further
afield
to an urban garden
that might increase its yield
under a biting wintry sky
the short tailed falcon
hovered high
an efficient killer from above
more than a match
for pigeon or dove
taking its chosen meal t
in fligh
swooping sudden
from
a great height
the momentum imprinting
our window pane,her throat slashed
she soon was slain
talons sunk deep
into the pigeons chest
this finicky eater
pecked at head & breast
the lawn strewn leavings
of a ravenous raptor
as
nature's journal
leafs into another chapter
Original Year Posted 2007
Copyright © Brian Strand | Year Posted 2021
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