NaPoWriMo 2021, Day 23

Cyborg China - abstract image

Predation Proud

The eagle is old.
His feathers are greasy, ragged, lousy.
Half-blind, he blinks against the sun
he once looked in the face, equal to equal.
Hungry. He’s always hungry.
He spies a wake of vultures
tearing at a rotting deer carcass.
Screeches.
Believes they’re frightened
when they make room for him.
Recalling the days he would seize a scampering hare
and feel its quick heart struggle under his talons,
he lifts his head to a regal height
before bowing to feed.

-- Ian Erinson


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