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Naturecycle

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
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