The Falcon's Talons

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The Falcon's Talons

She swoops down and grabs me by the tail-

I flip and flop about as she tries rip and tear

me to pieces--- but I wiggle my way to freedom,

by slithering and sliding out from under her talons

and on to her leg. I show my fangs and bite. I

am now the hunter as she falls prey to my venom.

She swoons and loops around in circles as her

wings turn heavy with fatigue.  Her eyes flash

with anger--- with her other talon and her razor sharp

beak ---she chews and slices her leg off with me

wrapped around it. While falling to our certain deaths,

in her falconish voice I hear her say,

 

“It appears that we’re both going to die hungry.”