Forced cackles prey <br />on such moveable feasts, <br />pluck chicklets from <br />moorhen mothers and <br />fly up, hidden in the trees. <br />On land again these <br />aerial hyaenas hop-step, <br />a sneaky check over wing, <br />and peck more precious hatchlings. <br />Magpie stripes strike doom, <br />steal lightning from the sky, <br />stop the hearts of robins <br />and fly away with <br />life captive in their beaks.<br /><br />Sonja Broderick<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/magpies/
