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The Grey Currawong
Cementing the reason the holy scriptures
Say hungry birds need not plant or harvest
Despite knowing them as such efficient killers
We reason they are not your everyday evangelists
From my front car seat and – putting to the proof
I paused and marvelled at the beauty of the smoky plumed bird
Ignoring me as it stood proudly on the corduroy rolled iron roof
Like an impatient smorgasbord diner – mark my word
It twisted and speared its beak under the ridge cap
To sample the delicacy presented gracelessly in situ
Savouring the food – tossing it around in its widening gap
Before devouring the arachnids meal – hidden hitherto
Unaware it demonstrated the killer’s act of slaughter
It hopped on two legs over the roof ridge out of sight
The presence of this bird explains the absence of twitter
Or buzz in our garden – trees, shrubs – so quiet
Inshore Cassandra 