Crows on the Lawn

Crows browsing on the lawn, dark splotches on the green slope Down the hill, below our lower wall. Something there attracts them, repeatedly, daily They hunt among the grass, then, Startled, suddenly Rise swooping, calling, Scattering among the trees To disappear – Koppantó

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Effortless

Held high by heated earth, Motionless, effortless, still, Floating wide circles above the land, A black chi, shadow only, against the sky, Ever closer, ever farther, Alert only to views of death. – Koppantó

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Treif

1: And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them, 2: Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth. … 13: And these are they which ye shall have in abomination among the fowls; they shall [...]

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Deer Season

Deer season or not they come and lay their shattered bodies down beside the road, heads reared back as if in joy, eyes staring, fixed, on nothing. This time no swift flight to wooded haven, no rest midst meadow clover. Only sharp pain, then quiet slumber, an evening meal for raven or crow. – Koppantó

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