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Birdsong
The air resounds with warbles and tweets
It's easy to imagine rejoicing tunes
Fluttering on the gentle breezes of Spring
But my mind's eye knows that in truth
Every sweet tone and dulcet chirp
Is a battle cry
Finches and pigeons vie for patches of ground
Competing for resources
Trying to starve out the competition
Cute, petty wars that revolve around breadcrumbs and paved stones delight children and young at heart
But my perception sees the grand feathered dinosaurs that were their forebears
Tramping out fern forested riverside with accompanying trumpets and whistle-growls
A carnage of survival
Flesh rent by mighty fangs
And greedy claws
Tamed only by millions of years of evolutionary drift.
It's easy to imagine rejoicing tunes
Fluttering on the gentle breezes of Spring
But my mind's eye knows that in truth
Every sweet tone and dulcet chirp
Is a battle cry
Finches and pigeons vie for patches of ground
Competing for resources
Trying to starve out the competition
Cute, petty wars that revolve around breadcrumbs and paved stones delight children and young at heart
But my perception sees the grand feathered dinosaurs that were their forebears
Tramping out fern forested riverside with accompanying trumpets and whistle-growls
A carnage of survival
Flesh rent by mighty fangs
And greedy claws
Tamed only by millions of years of evolutionary drift.
Published 15th May 2019
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15th May 2019 9:49pm
Cool write especially because I love birds!! They have the best personalities. I once saw a grackle put a sparrow out of his misery. The sparrow broke it's neck on my birdbath somehow and i heard weird bird noises and all the sparrows and grackles and starlings were watching him flop and the grackle came down, put his foot on him then picked him up and tried to make him fly, he just flopped then he picked him up flew up and drove him into the ground ending his misery. All the birds were concerned it was crazy. Anyways I enjoyed your poem.
15th May 2019 10:09pm
I've seen grackles perform almost human feats. Once, I noticed grackles swarming car grilles every time one would park. They were feasting on grilled crickets like it was a carbeque.
15th May 2019 10:25pm
Excellent imagery and delve into prehistoric history. I often contemplate such things while observing nature in action, so really enjoyed reading this. Even the grass is at war with the weeds for control of vital nutrients and resources. You're right in that it's truly a battlefield, albeit a beautiful one.
15th May 2019 11:27pm
This is a potent perspective, love the adjectives you chose for descriptors. Excellent ink TG 💖🙏
