Feeding Time
Webbed feet patter
across canvas umbrellas
ringed eyes fixate
on dishes piled
with crispy golden slivers.
A table clears
swarms of white and grey
feathers flutter,
red beaks screech for
crusts, crumbs, morsels.
The swiftest few
fly to lofty perches
beaks clutching treasure,
others arch their backs
squawk indignation.
© A. R. Levett 2016
across canvas umbrellas
ringed eyes fixate
on dishes piled
with crispy golden slivers.
A table clears
swarms of white and grey
feathers flutter,
red beaks screech for
crusts, crumbs, morsels.
The swiftest few
fly to lofty perches
beaks clutching treasure,
others arch their backs
squawk indignation.
© A. R. Levett 2016
