Breakfast Crows

Crows lift dog food
chisel it with beaks:
hammer hammer hammer
munch munch munch
caw caw caw
swift glossy flight
swoop
clink of beak on ceramic
crunchy food in clenched foot claws
hammer hammer hammer
munch munch -
squabble!
clash of wings and scrapes
swagger -
munch.


© Alison Ní Dhorchaidhe 2011