murder

 

A bitter wind fingers

the grey feathers

on the breast

of a small hawk

hunkered low

in a leafless tree.

 

Four crows jostle

and squawk

in the branches above.

 

The hawk heaves

into sudden flight.

 

The crows scramble

in rough pursuit

screaming.

 

 

© Michael Fleming

New York, New York

March 2001

 

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