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Oh Alice, Put Down The Seagull
On multi-coloured cliffs
comedic seagulls
escape the intruders
in shifts
Playing a Seagull game
of chess
they nest and make
use of cliff condominiums
hide and seek
Alice a nordic beauty
(If there was a contest)
a winner if I ever saw one
Reaching for the Seagulls'
eggs
the birds suddenly
attack
"put down our young!"
"put down our young!"
they screech
all Alice can do
is reach for the ledge
Safely harnessed
and swinging
like a teenage ape
she lunges
and grabs
the Seagulls' hope
the response is swift
with razor beak
the harassed mother
swipes
Alice's eye is gouged
and ripped
Revenge is bloody
but just
a life for a swipe
the Seagulls swooped
for a feast
of fair skinned body
The delicious damsel
is stripped
and pecked
the carrion carved
They found her hanging
some time ago
too late to tell
the tale
of Alice's demise
on Seagull shale.
Comments
Frenchf
Sat, 2013-01-26 16:35
Seagull
Poor Alice and fantastic poem
BettyBuff
Sun, 2013-01-27 07:29
Thanks F
Yup, served her right didn't it? I'm raging at the inequalities around us. 'Beautiful' people thinking they have the right to do anything...they don't.
Ells x
Seren
Sat, 2013-01-26 23:30
hey Ells
I was left with an image of Alice dangling at the end of a rope looking pretty bad ... Lol it did the job
Different poem but then I like it
Love Jc xxx
“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.” — W.B. Yeats
BettyBuff
Sun, 2013-01-27 07:30
Thanks JC
I keep trying out different ideas and themes...there's a darkness creeping into my writes, Lonnie had better watch out! LOL
Ells x