Death By Turtle

Death by Turtle (An Eagles Snack Kills Aeschylus) With light along the quiet beach receding Sun and sand sink on obfuscated facts Great tragedian figures don't live forever in the past Along the shore where Sicilian eagles lift their wings To drop turtles from on high to crack a shell wide open Where Aeschylus walks by Turtles can not fly They fall on strangers or someone famous Perhaps a bald man who writes Greek tragedy Just another rock according to a hungry eagle The day goes south and sour for poor Aeschylus Mundane walks should be as simple as a thought Without objects falling from the sky on him How strange is fate, a tragic twist, a comedy Death by turtle is never kind or even great But sure is quick An eagles snack kills poor Aeschylus The turtle survived but walks with a limp Slower than usual and was never taken in for questioning Poor thing lives with sad memories We think the eagle quit the hard shell industry Too many injuries *Authors note: This happens to be a historical fact. Aeschylus was bludgeoned to death by a turtle dropped from on high by an eagle.