Hunger
the ragged bird panics dead flies from the window nets it claws the glass
it is tearing at petrified flies for its meat it is caught in their weaving.
Christine Murray
SourceLicence:Public domain
the ragged bird panics dead flies from the window nets it claws the glass
it is tearing at petrified flies for its meat it is caught in their weaving.
A ragged, starving bird batters against a window, frantically picking at dead flies caught in the netting. It claws the glass as if trying to get through or escape, but the more it scrabbles for food, the more it becomes tangled in the mesh that holds the flies.
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